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JAMES EDWARD REEDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1944 – January 30, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Reeder, of Chickasha, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Chickasha, Oklahoma (Grady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 21
- RICHARD ALLEN MOORELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JOSEPH YBARRA RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 19
From Chickasha
- WALTER EDWIN STEELEAirman · July 29, 1967
- HARLIS CALVIN SALESSergeant · June 21, 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.