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JOE ALLEN REED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJoe Allen Reed, of Niota, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Niota, Tennessee (Mcminn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 3
- SAMUEL W PARNELLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS RAMSEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- LEONARD ALLAN ROYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CONRAD SEEBODEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DEAN MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 67W, Line 1
- JOHN LOUIS RAMSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 67W, Line 3
From Niota
- JAMES CALVIN THOMASONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
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.