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KENNETH WAYNE REID
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1944 – August 23, 1968
Service recordKenneth Wayne Reid, of Blaine, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Training Officer (2520)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Blaine, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 52
- ROBERT DAVID PURDIECorporal · August 23, 1968
- LON DAVIS RICHARDSCaptain · August 23, 1968
- ROLF ERNST RICKMERSMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- LEONDIS ENRIQUE RODRIQUEZSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK GOMEZSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 42
From Blaine
- RICHARD GARY THIBAULTSpecialist Five · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT DEE MAYNARDSergeant · November 28, 1971
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.