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THOMAS YORK REYNOLDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – March 23, 1968
Service recordThomas York Reynolds, of Auburn, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Auburn, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 2
- JOSEPH GREGORY ARTAVIASergeant · March 24, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE BACOTCorporal · March 24, 1968
- DAVID JULIEN BARDUSONSergeant · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH MONROE BARKERSergeant · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD DONOVANPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 62
- RAYMOND ROBERT JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 63
- EDWARD ALVA SHARROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 1
From Auburn
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- CLAUDE ARTHUR HODGEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1967
- DONALD JAMES RYANCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RHODESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- FERDINAND W GLESSING JRLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- JOHNSTON DUNLOPStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- FRANK THEODORE NEVIDOMSKYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
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.