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WILLIAM THOMAS REACH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1940 – January 9, 1965
Service recordWilliam Thomas Reach, of Waycross, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Waycross, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 81
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- JAMES FLOYD RAYCaptain · January 9, 1965
- ALTON LEE HORNBUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FLOYD RAYCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 81
From Waycross
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1969
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
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.