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DAVID ALAN REED
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – September 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Alan Reed, of Riverdale, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverdale, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 44
- DENNIS KEITH RENOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JOHNNY FRANKLIN RICHARDSSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSONSergeant · September 5, 1968
- FRED PLYMOUTH RUGHPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLEE ANDREW KIRKENDOLLPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 42
- ALLEN WAYNE OREMPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 43
- MICHAEL DALE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 46
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 47
From Riverdale
- JAMES GERALD MCGOVERNLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CALVIN DRAKESergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD BRIDGETTCorporal · August 26, 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.