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THOMAS EVANS REIMILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1951 – August 2, 1971
Service recordThomas Evans Reimiller, of Panama City, Panama Canal Zone, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 121
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Panama City, Panama Canal Zone
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 121
- JOHN LEONARD ROBERTSSergeant · August 1, 1971
- WALTER ROBERT CAPPSSergeant · August 2, 1971
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · August 2, 1971
- ROBERT MIRANDAPrivate · August 2, 1971
From Panama City
- FRANK ANTHONY RYBICKI JRFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1967
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.