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BRENT ALEXANDER REEDER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1948 – November 15, 1968
Service recordBrent Alexander Reeder, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 71
- WILLIAM ROBERT KUCZEWSKIPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- ALLEN ROBERT MELDAHLPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- LEONARD LUKE THOMPSONSergeant · November 15, 1968
- ROBERT TRIVISONNOPrivate · November 15, 1968
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.