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LOUIS JOSEPH REED
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1935 – October 22, 1966
Service recordLouis Joseph Reed, of White Plains, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 5, 1935
- Home of record
- White Plains, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 98
- JOHN ORA JONES JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- TEDDY ROOSEVELT JORDANSpecialist Four · October 22, 1966
- THOMAS CARL KOLSTADCommander · October 22, 1966
- EARL PAUL MCBRIDELieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
From White Plains
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JRCaptain · May 9, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 1969
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.