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LEROY REED
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – June 17, 1967
Service recordLeroy Reed, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 1
- MARTIN LOUIS PLOTKINSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANDREW ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
- JOHN ARTHUR BRANTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 117
- EMANUEL KRIS BRICKHOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 117
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 118
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- JERRY ROBERT COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- ALAN WAYNE DENNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- RONALD DAVID EDENFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 119
- JAMES MELVIN ELCHERTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 119
- GARY JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 120
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 120
- ROBERT TAYLOR HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 121
- EDWARD ELIAS HEYERSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 121
- SAMMY LEE HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 121
- CHARLES WAYNE HOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 121
- CARL THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 122
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 122
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 123
- DOUGLAS ALFRED LOGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 123
- ROBERT STANLEY MAGUIREPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 123
- BOBBY MINTONSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 123
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MORROWSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 124
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 124
- STEPHEN M NOGGLESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 125
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 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.