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REYNALDO ROCILLO VIADO
Seaman · U.S. Navy
September 22, 1945 – October 2, 1969
Service recordReynaldo Rocillo Viado served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 2, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 32
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS HAMNER DD 718
- Born
- September 22, 1945
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 32
- KEAVIN LEE TERRELLPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES TYEPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- CLYDE ALLEN WENRICKPrivate First Class · October 2, 1969
- RICHARD LAVERN WISSLER JRPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
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.