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ISREAL DALLAS REED
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1941 – November 24, 1968
Service recordIsreal Dallas Reed, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 51
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 51
- TIMMY LARRY MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS NALLEYCorporal · November 24, 1968
- JOSE JUAN ORTIZ-NEGRONPrivate · November 24, 1968
- THOMAS LAWRENCE PETERSONLance Corporal · November 24, 1968
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.