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ANTHONY ERICH REED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – March 4, 1968
Service recordAnthony Erich Reed, of Newburgh, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Newburgh, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 70
- VERNON FRANKLIN PENDERGRASSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN POESpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- TERRELL LYNN RANDALLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- RONALD JAMES RHODESSergeant · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP K ROSSFirst Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 69
From Newburgh
- GEORGE EDWARD HULSE IIISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- THOMAS DOUGLAS PETERKINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JACK WOLPELance Corporal · August 3, 1967
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE WULFFERTSecond Lieutenant · December 23, 1967
- RAMON HERNANDEZ GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MORKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
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.