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DANIEL FRANCIS REID
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – April 6, 1968
Service recordDaniel Francis Reid, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 32
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN PEPPERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- BENITO BOBO RODRIGUEZSergeant · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BERNARD HURTADOCaptain · Panel 48E, Line 28
- VICTOR RAYMOND MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48E, Line 30
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.