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EDWARD ROGER REED
Private · U.S. Army
March 12, 1938 – July 11, 1967
Service recordEdward Roger Reed, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 381 REPL CO 90 REPL BN USARV
- Born
- March 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 54
- CLEVELAND PATTERSONPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- DOUGLASS FRANKLIN PEAYPrivate · July 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.