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DAVID LEE REEDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1944 – November 19, 1965
Service recordDavid Lee Reeder, of Saugus, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 101
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Saugus, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1965. In November 1965, 545 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 3E, Line 101
- FELIX RODRIQUEZLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- RAY LAGRANDE NELSONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- EVERETT BARL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1965
Same unit, same day
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 101
- RAY LAGRANDE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 101
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 102
From Saugus
- JOSEPH SAMUEL GODWINPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1966
- TERRY DALE GEMASPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- FRANK DENNIS ORTEGAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM BORDERS JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 8, 1968
- MICHAEL ANDREW FAYSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- HENRY CHESTER KLINGERSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- GARY ALLEN TURNBULLSergeant · May 10, 1970
- GARY ROBERT MONTELEONESpecialist Four · May 10, 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.