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LEROY REID JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1941 – August 15, 1971
Service recordLeroy Reid JR, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 132
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
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 132
- WOODROW BEAL CHASTAINSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
- SCOTT THOMAS GRABERSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
- VERNON HARTSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM KENNEDYCaptain · August 16, 1971
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.