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LARRY REED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1940 – December 25, 1966
Service recordLarry Reed, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1940
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 79
- ROBERT MICHAEL KLEVENOWSKIFireman · December 25, 1966
- EARL WILLIAM KNUTSON JRPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
- RAYMOND JAMES METTYPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
- HERBERT DONALD SURBERPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 78
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 1968
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.