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VICTOR REYES HERNANDEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 11, 1944 – October 18, 1968
Service recordVictor Reyes Hernandez, of Fullerton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 54 MED DET USARV
- Born
- April 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “54 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 73
- WAYNE JOSEPH BENESPrivate First Class · October 18, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE FIKELance Corporal · October 18, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL GREENCorporal · October 18, 1968
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY COLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41W, Line 72
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 72
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 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.