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LEON REID
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1941 – February 4, 1968
Service recordLeon Reid, of Everett, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37E, Line 27
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · February 4, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD RICHARDSLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- JAMES DAVID SERENAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ADLERMaster Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 17
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 17
- HENRY ELOY CASIASSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 19
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 20
- RONALD CLARK FIELDSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 21
- AUGUST HENRY GENZLERCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 21
- CHARLES HERBERT GRAHAMCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 22
- RUSSELL EDWARD KEPHARTSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 24
- BRUCE NEAL KNOXCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 24
- THOMAS WALTER LOOSSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 25
- CURTIS RAY PATTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 26
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 27
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
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.