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JAMES WILLIAM REED
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 22, 1943 – July 24, 1970
Service recordJames William Reed, of Cambridge, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 24, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 49
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 555 TFS 432 TRW
- Born
- July 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Ohio (Guernsey County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 24, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 49
- EDWARD FRANCIS GLENN JRCorporal · July 24, 1970
- KENNETH DALE HAMMELCaptain · July 24, 1970
- BRUCE DOUGLAS KIEMESpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- EDWARD GEORGE KILUK JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
From Cambridge
- JOSEPH LEON KANEMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1966
- CARL ROSS HARBIN JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- CHARLES M WAYTSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- EMORY DAVID VOORHIESCorporal · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR AUSMUSGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1968
- GARRY LYNN UPLINGERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LEASUREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- CLIFFORD EUGENE BENCHSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
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.