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REYNALDO ROY CAVAZOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – February 18, 1966
Service recordReynaldo Roy Cavazos, of Quincy, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 46
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Quincy, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 46
- CAROL ANN ELIZABET DRAZBASecond Lieutenant · February 18, 1966
- DANIEL FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- ANDREW ALBERT GRAZIANOPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 44
- BOB GENE BRUMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- GLENN VERNARD CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- WILLIE EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 45
- ANDREW ALBERT GRAZIANOPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- JAMES WESLEY MIZE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- DOMINIC J PREIRA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- WILLIAM CECIL RIGGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 48
- SHEPPARD ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 49
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 50
From Quincy
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRANDSpecialist Four · October 23, 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.
