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WILLIAM DONALD REYNOLDS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1934 – March 28, 1965
Service recordWilliam Donald Reynolds, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- December 12, 1934
- Home of record
- Ponca City, Oklahoma (Kay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 97
- JERRY PAVEY HAWKINSCaptain · March 21, 1965
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- HAROLD RAY DOLLENSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1965
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
From Ponca City
- CLARENCE GENE FORMANPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · January 9, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL FOWLERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JAMES JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- FREDERICK EUGENE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- LEWIS EARL COXCorporal · May 19, 1970
- ELROY FREDERICK WELLSStaff Sergeant · December 27, 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.