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GEORGE PARNELL REED
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 17, 1949 – December 29, 1969
Service recordGeorge Parnell Reed, of Milan, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Milan, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 108
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY LUCIANILance Corporal · December 29, 1969
- EDDIE SAILORSpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENCERSergeant First Class · December 29, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE ALLENSergeant First Class · December 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINDASpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 106
From Milan
- MICHAEL ROBERT KALESpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- PAUL PETER VAVROSKYSpecialist Four · March 6, 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.