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OTTIS REED
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1946 – June 25, 1967
Service recordOttis Reed, of Meta, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 63
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Meta, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 63
- ALFRED WALKER MURPHYCaptain · June 25, 1967
- JOHNNY CRUZ QUENGAPlatoon Sergeant · June 25, 1967
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HOWARD GROFFSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 61
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 62
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 62
- JOHNNY CRUZ QUENGAPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 63
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 63
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.