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WILLIAM GOODRO REICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1945 – November 18, 1968
Service recordWilliam Goodro Reich, of San Fernando, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 8
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1945
- Home of record
- San Fernando, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 8
- JOAQUIN RODRIQUEZLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
- WAYNE SANGILLOPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- MIKE ANTHONY SOLANOSergeant · November 18, 1968
- WILLIE J WASHINGTON JRPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
From San Fernando
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID RAMIREZ MENDOZASpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
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.