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VIESTURS REIKMANIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – August 6, 1969
Service recordViesturs Reikmanis, of Freeport, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 104
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Freeport, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 104
- MICHAEL WALTER NORTHSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- FRED GEROLD RINEHARTSergeant · August 6, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN TALBOTTCorporal · August 6, 1969
From Freeport
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- DON BROWN PARSONS JRLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL WAINZLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANOSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
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.