Private First Class John David Reynolds was born on July 13, 1947, and was originally from Daisy, Tennessee, a small town north of Chattanooga in Hamilton County. He served his country in the Vietnam War in the United States Marine Corps, as a field radio operator in H&S Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. On September 7, 1967, PFC Reynolds was the victim of an artillery attack under hostile conditions in Quang Tri province, South Vietnam; he died the following day, September 8, 1967. He was 20 at the time of his death. PFC Reynolds is memorialized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Panel 26E, Line 37.

  • Rank: Private First Class
  • Date of birth:
  • 13 July 1947
  • Date of death: 7 September 1967
  • County: Hamilton
  • Hometown: Daisy
  • Service Branch: Marine Corps
  • Division/Assignment: 26th Marines, 3rd Marine Division
  • Conflict: Vietnam
  • Awards: Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, viet Service Medal, viet Campaign Medal
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson, Hamilton County, TN
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar XXII, Bottom Panel
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