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WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERT
Captain · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – January 27, 1971
Service recordWilliam Francis Reichert, of Valley Stream, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Valley Stream, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 66
- DEWIGHT EDWARDS NORTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1971
- STEVEN JAMES OLCOTTSpecialist Four · January 27, 1971
- JAMES EARL WEATHERSBYPrivate First Class · January 27, 1971
- GARNEY BURLESON JRCorporal · January 28, 1971
From Valley Stream
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES REITHMANNSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- HERBERT HUGH DILGERLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 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.