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THOMAS O REYNA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordThomas O Reyna, of Lynden, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Lynden, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 16
- MARK JOSEPH ROMANPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ALLEN DUANE ROWLESSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- ROBERTO SANCHEZLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ARTHUR ANSELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 44
- RICHARD RAY LANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 10
- PAUL LEONARD YOSTSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 22
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.