SCHEDULE 14A
                                     
                  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
                                     
                         SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

                 Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
                  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                           (Amendment No.      )

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/___/     Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-
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                          REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY
             (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

               Board of Directors of Reynolds Metals Company
                 (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement
                       if other than the Registrant)
                             ________________

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                   NOTICE TO CERTAIN PARTICIPANTS IN THE
                          REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY
            SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
                                __________

                          Reynolds Metals Company
                      Annual Meeting of Stockholders
                         to be held April 17, 1996
                                     
                                     
Dear Participant:

     Due to a computer error, some participants in the Reynolds Metals
Company Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees (the "Savings
Plan") who are also participants in the Reynolds Metals Company Tax
Reduction Act Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees (the "TRASOP")
were sent proxy cards for the Company's 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
that are incomplete.  These cards omitted the number of shares held under
the Savings Plan with respect to which the participants are entitled to
give voting instructions.  This omission was inadvertent, and the Company
apologizes for the error.

     Enclosed is a new proxy card which shows your allocable portion of the
total number of shares of Company Common Stock held by the Savings Plan as
of the record date, February 20, 1996.  You are entitled to give voting
instructions to the plan trustee with respect to these shares.  WHETHER OR
NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE
PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AND/OR RETURNED OTHER PROXY CARDS TO THE COMPANY,
PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN AND RETURN PROMPTLY THIS PROXY CARD IN THE
ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE, WHICH REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED
STATES.  If you attend the Meeting, your having sent in your proxy will not
restrict your right to vote in person.

     If you have not yet returned the proxy card showing your TRASOP
shares, please complete and return it promptly, as well as any other proxy
cards you may have received from the Company for other share accounts.

     Your vote is important to us.  I urge you to complete and return the
enclosed proxy card without delay.  Thank you for your cooperation.

                                   Very truly yours,

                                   D. MICHAEL JONES
                                   Secretary

March 22, 1996





                                                                 APPENDIX A

                                                       [FORM OF PROXY CARD]

                          REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY

                 Proxy Solicited by the Board of Directors
                    for Annual Meeting of Stockholders
                              April 17, 1996


     The undersigned appoints Richard G. Holder and D. Michael Jones, and
each of them, proxies, with full power of substitution, to vote the shares
of Common Stock of Reynolds Metals Company which the undersigned is
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be
held at Reynolds Metals Company Building, 6601 West Broad Street, Richmond,
Virginia, on Wednesday, April 17, 1996 at 10:00 A.M. (local time), and at
any adjournments thereof.  The undersigned hereby confer(s) upon the
proxies and each of them authority to vote for a substitute Nominee or
substitute Nominees designated by the Board of Directors with respect to
the election of Directors if any Nominee is unavailable to serve for any
reason if elected.

     For participants in the Company's Savings and Investment Plan for
Salaried Employees, this card provides voting instructions to the trustee
under the plan for the undersigned's allocable portion of the total number
of shares of Common Stock of the Company held by the plan as indicated on
the reverse side.  (Note:  The number of plan shares indicated on the
reverse side may not be the same as the number of shares shown on the
undersigned's last account statement from the plan due to the use of
different valuation dates and/or accounting methods.)  These voting
instructions are solicited and will be carried out in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the plan.

     THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY.  THE
SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY CHOICE
SPECIFIED BY THE STOCKHOLDER; WHERE THERE IS NO CHOICE, SUCH SHARES WILL BE
VOTED IN FAVOR OF ITEMS 1, 2, 3 AND 4.

             (continued and to be SIGNED on the Reverse Side)



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                                             Please mark your
                                             votes as indicated   ___
                                             in this example     / X /

     The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Items 1, 2, 3 and 4.

                                   Item 1 - Election of Directors:

FOR all                       Nominees - Patricia C. Barron, William O.
Nominees       WITHHOLD       Bourke, John R. Hall, Robert L. Hintz,
(except as     AUTHORITY      Richard G. Holder, William H. Joyce, Mylle
withheld in    to Vote        Bell Mangum, D. Larry Moore, Randolph N.
the space      for all        Reynolds, James M. Ringler, Henry S. Savedge,
provided)      Nominees       Jr., Jeremiah J. Sheehan, Joe B. Wyatt
  ___           ___
 /___/         /___/          (To withhold authority to vote for any
                              individual Nominee, write that Nominee's name
                              in the space provided below.)

                              _____________________________________________



         Item 2                         Item 3

  Approval of Amendment to    Approval of the 1996 Nonqualified
  the Performance Incentive   Stock Option Plan
  Plan

  FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN          FOR     AGAINST    ABSTAIN
  ___     ___       ___             ___     ___       ___
 /___/   /___/     /___/           /___/   /___/     /___/


        Item 4                          Item 5

Ratification of Selection     In their discretion the proxies are
of Ernst & Young LLP as       authorized to vote upon such other
Independent Auditors          matters as may properly come before
                              the Meeting.
FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN
 ___     ___       ___                                       ___
/___/   /___/     /___/       I WILL ATTEND ANNUAL MEETING  /___/


Signature__________________Signature_____________________Date__________

Please mark, date and sign as your name appears above and return in the
enclosed envelope.  If signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee, guardian or in another representative capacity, please give your
full title as such.

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                           FOLD AND DETACH HERE

Dear Stockholder:

     Enclosed is a proxy card relating to the Company's 1996 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders.

     Your vote is important to us.  Whether or not you expect to attend the
Meeting, please complete, sign and return promptly the attached proxy card
in the accompanying envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the
United States.

     If you plan to attend the Meeting, please also mark the attendance box
on the proxy card.


                                   REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY