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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard Peter Reynolds JR.

The Wall › Panel 34E › New York › Richard Peter Reynolds JR

RICHARD PETER REYNOLDS JR

Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps

September 25, 1944 – January 20, 1968

Service record

Richard Peter Reynolds JR, of New York, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 34E · Line 91

Position of Panel 34E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Basic Tank And Assault Amphibious Vehicle Officer (I) (1801)
Born
September 25, 1944
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 20, 1968
Age
23
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 34E, Line 91

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.