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REYNALDO LEON BARRAGAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – December 23, 1969
Service recordReynaldo Leon Barragan JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 84
- DONALD ANTHONY SELKEY JRSpecialist Four · December 22, 1969
- JAMES LEE SWAIMSergeant First Class · December 22, 1969
- HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD FORELance Corporal · December 23, 1969
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.