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TOMAS GARCIA REYES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1935 – November 9, 1967
Service recordTomas Garcia Reyes, of Agana, Guam, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 29, 1935
- Home of record
- Agana, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 61
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT E SCHARON IIICorporal · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES SEDGWICKSpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RANDALL ARWOODSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 55
- BARRY JAY BAKERCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 56
- EDWIN MICHAEL GRAYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 58
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 60
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 60
From Agana
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · April 24, 1966
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
- ALLAN JAMES DAMIANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- ROBERT L G MENDIOLASpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- RAFAEL SALAS SANTOSStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · May 21, 1970
- PEDRO CABRERA PANGELINANStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
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.