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MARION EUGENE REED
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 5, 1932 – October 23, 1968
Service recordMarion Eugene Reed, of Winter Garden, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 25
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 5, 1932
- Home of record
- Winter Garden, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 25
- ROBERT LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- HAROLD DOUGLAS MARTINFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
- CHARLES JOHN PARKERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
From Winter Garden
- NATHAN EDDLOW PEACOCK JRStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1967
- CECIL ROY MOORMANLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- HERBERT LEON THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1967
- CHARLIE RAINEYSergeant · April 9, 1968
- BUFORD GERALD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · April 24, 1968
- CHARLIE FIELDSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · December 27, 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.