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JOHN ARTHUR REED
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1945 – September 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Arthur Reed, of Mulhall, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 114
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Ah-1 Qualified (I) (7565)
- Born
- April 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Mulhall, Oklahoma (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 114
- BERNARD JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK LAMBOOYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- LARRY GUNNELL PINSONLance Corporal · September 19, 1969
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.