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JIMMIE LYNN REED
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1944 – June 2, 1969
Service recordJimmie Lynn Reed, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 47
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 47
- DENNIS GLENN PRINCESergeant · June 2, 1969
- DANIEL LOUIS PUCCICorporal · June 2, 1969
- MANUEL RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- EMANUEL LAWRENCE SAUNDERSStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BRECHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 42
- PAUL CHALMERS JANTOPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 45
- JOSEPH GUY LAPOINTE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 45
- EMANUEL LAWRENCE SAUNDERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 47
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.