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BRUCE EDWARD REED
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordBruce Edward Reed, of Peekskill, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 96
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Peekskill, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 96
- DAVID ALBERT PARKERLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
- PHILLIP ENOS ROSSONCorporal · February 28, 1969
- EDWARD CHARLES SANCHEZLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
- JOE BEN STUART JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY BRENT CURTTRIGHTStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 90
- GEORGE FREDRICK EVANSSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 91
From Peekskill
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- DOUGLAS RONALD MOWBRAYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- FRANK JOHN GUICHAUDPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNESergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN BARDEN HUDSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1968
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY DORSEYPrivate First Class · July 3, 1970
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.