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JAMES CLAYTON REED
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1950 – March 20, 1969
Service recordJames Clayton Reed, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 92
- HERBERT J STOBERSergeant · March 19, 1969
- ROGER LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- NIGEL FREDERICK POESESpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- DAVID JAMES SANDVIGLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- FRANK DEPAUL SARACINO JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.