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GARY ROBERT REED
Captain · U.S. Army
April 29, 1945 – February 11, 1969
Service recordGary Robert Reed, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 16
- ROBERT LEE RAMSEY JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- GARY EDWARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- LINUS ROBERT ROECorporal · February 11, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE SCHUMACHERSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH CANNONSergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 11
- HAROLD WILLIAM KROSKE JRMajor · Panel 32W, Line 13
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.