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EARL DONALD REED
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 19, 1948 – May 27, 1968
Service recordEarl Donald Reed, of St Louis, Missouri, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 27, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 19, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 14
- MERRILL DALE REICH JRFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- HECTOR RIVERA-COLONSergeant First Class · May 27, 1968
- KENNETH RAY RUCKERSergeant · May 27, 1968
- SCOTT BRUCE SALTERPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.