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CHARLES MICHAEL REED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1948 – September 10, 1970
Service recordCharles Michael Reed, of Baldwin, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 53
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Baldwin, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 53
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- JOSEPH EARL JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- GEORGE LEONARD LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- WALTER LEON POINTERSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ARNOLD BAINCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 51
- JOSEPH EARL JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 53
- ERNESTO VICTOR SALAZARCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 54
From Baldwin
- KENNETH M RORABACKMaster Sergeant · November 24, 1963
- ARTHUR GLIDDENSergeant First Class · November 9, 1966
- ROBERT LUDECKERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- RICHARD WALKER HARPERFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ALFRED GIRETTISecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1969
- GEORGE WILLIAM MAINARDYSergeant · April 15, 1972
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.