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EDWARD ROWAN REID JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1943 – March 1, 1967
Service recordEdward Rowan Reid JR, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1943
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 129
- KENNETH MITCHELLLance Corporal · March 1, 1967
- VICTOR OHANESIANLieutenant Colonel · March 1, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JIMMIE CALVIN ROSSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DAVID BAZELLSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 124
- GREGORY WILLIAM BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 126
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 129
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 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.