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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Aubrey Archie Reid JR.

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AUBREY ARCHIE REID JR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

June 18, 1946 – April 18, 1969

Service record

Aubrey Archie Reid JR, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 26W · Line 3

Position of Panel 26W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
Unit (as recorded)
A CO 577 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
June 18, 1946
Home of record
Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 18, 1969
Age
22
Province
Phu Yen
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 26W, Line 3

From Roanoke

All 49 names from Roanoke →

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.