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WILLIAM REYES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1948 – July 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Reyes, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 23
- THOMAS LEE MCELROYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- GERARD JUDE SANDERSLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- EDWARD DEAN SILVERLieutenant Colonel · July 5, 1968
- HERMAN SMITS JRMajor · July 5, 1968
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
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.