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JERRY DONNIE REED
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1949 – August 13, 1969
Service recordJerry Donnie Reed, of Tucker, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 34
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Tucker, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 34
- MARK JOHN PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- NORMAN DOUGLAS SCHULTESpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- PHILIP THOMAS SMITHLieutenant · August 13, 1969
From Tucker
- JERRY VANOID DAVISLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY LEE PAYNEPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- GLENN CHRISTIE DUNCANStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
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.