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THOMAS ALAN REICH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1944 – November 17, 1968
Service recordThomas Alan Reich, of Cleona, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 4
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Born
- February 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Cleona, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 4
- LARRY DONALD NICHOLSLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- ERNEST DAVID PERINOTTOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- GARRY EDWARD REMILLARDSergeant · November 17, 1968
- DANIEL ALEXANDRIA RIDDICKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
From Cleona
- JAY KARL BOOKSLance Corporal · November 16, 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.