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REYNALDO SOZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1948 – January 29, 1969
Service recordReynaldo Soza, of Alice, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Alice, Texas (Jim Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 17
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- SAMUEL RODRIQUEZPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- ROBERTO ANDRESS ROMEROCorporal · January 29, 1969
- BILLY JOE SIMMONSSergeant · January 29, 1969
From Alice
- FORTUNATO LUNA JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- HARDY WINSTON PEEPLESCaptain · January 21, 1967
- GILBERTO BARRERAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- ALFONSO IBANEZSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- RITO SILVALance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · October 5, 1968
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.