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DANNY ELIE REID
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 1, 1947 – October 5, 1967
Service recordDanny Elie Reid, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 55
- DONALD RAY PHIPPSWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD REESLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- NATHANIEL RIVERSSergeant · October 5, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD ROBINSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1967
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.