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RUBEN EVERARDO REYES
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 16, 1946 – October 21, 1968
Service recordRuben Everardo Reyes, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 14
- ALDEN WALTON OBRIENLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN RANDALL SRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT BROOKS RICHARDSONLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.