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GARY WALTON REED
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1948 – July 17, 1969
Service recordGary Walton Reed, of Eureka, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 11
- JAMES EDWARD LEACHPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- RICHARD GREGORY PHILLIPSSpecialist Five · July 17, 1969
- LEWIS DEVERN PROBARTCaptain · July 17, 1969
- JULIO QUINONES JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
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.