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JAMES MURRY REID
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1946 – July 15, 1966
Service recordJames Murry Reid, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 25
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCCONAHYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- JOHN NATHANIEL MORRISHospitalman · July 15, 1966
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.