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PAUL EDWARD REED
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1940 – October 31, 1970
Service recordPaul Edward Reed, of Franklin, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Franklin, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 32
- JAMES ALAN LAIRDCaptain · October 31, 1970
- ROBERT EDISON LINVILLESpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- JIMMY EUGENE MARCHESIPrivate First Class · October 31, 1970
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS MURPHY JRFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY EUGENE MARCHESIPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 32
From Franklin
- BERNARD FRANCIS KISTLERFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1966
- LARRY CLARENCE HAYLETTSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GOODMANPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD LOGUE JRCorporal · May 21, 1969
- GEORGE W DANIELS JRPrivate · October 9, 1970
- WILLIAM LEROY SCHELLSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- EDWIN FREDERICK FISHERCorporal · April 17, 1971
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.