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JOSEPH H REID
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1944 – May 6, 1966
Service recordJoseph H Reid, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 10, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 36
- JOSEPH BLAIS RUSSGunnery Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- RAYMOND PAUL SCHWESINGERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 32
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 32
- MICHAEL F BRUNATSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 32
- DAVID CLYDE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 32
- REESE DEVEREAUXStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 33
- DARWIN HAROLD ENGMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7E, Line 33
- MACK LEMUL FRANCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 33
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 34
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 34
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 34
- GLENN ALEXANDER KENNEDYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 34
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7E, Line 34
- ELMER FRANKLIN POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 35
- HARVEY WILLIAM PRATERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 35
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 35
- JOHN H REGOStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 35
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 36
- EARL S SHELTONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 37
- WILLIAM E SODERSTROMSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 37
- HERBERT LEE SUTHERLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 37
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 37
- JAMES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 37
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 38
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.