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JON EDWARD REED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1949 – September 6, 1970
Service recordJon Edward Reed, of Somerset, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Somerset, Wisconsin (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 42
- PAUL DAVID MYERSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PORTERLance Corporal · September 6, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL SCHWABSpecialist Four · September 6, 1970
- KIRK WAYNE SIMSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL SCHWABSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 42
- KIRK WAYNE SIMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 42
From Somerset
- ROBERT LOUIS CLOUTIERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JAMES ALOYSIUS SCHACHTNERSergeant · June 29, 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.