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JON ERIC REID
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – February 20, 1971
Service recordJon Eric Reid, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 20, 1971, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 126
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 20, 1971
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 126
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · February 20, 1971
- CARL NACCA JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 20, 1971
- JOHN VERNON RAUENWarrant Officer 1 · February 20, 1971
- JAMES KENNETH SCHMOLLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH ACALOTTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 122
- RANDOLPH LEROY JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 124
- DAVID MURRAY MAYCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 125
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.