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JAMES EDWARD REID
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1945 – August 26, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Reid, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 48
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 48
- DONALD LEE LEHEWSergeant First Class · August 26, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN LEWISSergeant · August 26, 1966
- ARTHUR BENJAMIN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- DONALD VEARL STEINPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
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.