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KENNETH LEROY REED
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1934 – June 12, 1965
Service recordKenneth Leroy Reed, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1934
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 9
- DONALD LEE BAKERSpecialist Five · June 12, 1965
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
- HARRY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 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.