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SAMUEL DAVID REEVES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1950 – January 29, 1969
Service recordSamuel David Reeves JR, of Austin, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 18
- 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.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 15
- LARRY FRANK HUNTHospitalman · January 29, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD KAAWALance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- DENNIS EARL KOCHSpecialist Five · January 29, 1969
- FRANK MICHAEL KOERNERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.