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WILLIAM BLAIR REAMS JR
Major · U.S. Army
May 28, 1934 – November 11, 1968
Service recordWilliam Blair Reams JR, of Morristown, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 51
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 28, 1934
- Home of record
- Morristown, Tennessee (Hamblen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 51
- ROBERT JOHN MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- ERNEST LOPEZ MORAPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- CLIFFORD AUHUNA NEWMANSeaman · November 11, 1968
- LANNY JOSEPH NORMANPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
From Morristown
- ARTHUR WAYNE GLOVERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1964
- BOBBY JOE QUINNPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ROY EDWARD SOUTHERLANDFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1967
- CHESTER ANDREW MOLLEYSecond Lieutenant · April 23, 1969
- JIMMY DARRELL COURTNEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL COUCHLance Corporal · September 10, 1973
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.