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PAUL FRANCIS REID
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1948 – November 6, 1967
Service recordPaul Francis Reid, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 34
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- West Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 34
- JAMES RAE SABOURINPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- ELBERT FORD PRICE JRCorporal · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE REEDLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- DONALD FRANK SANSONELance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL SANTANAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
From West Roxbury
- JOSEPH AUGUSTUS FRIELPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- ROBERT JOSEPH HARTLEYSergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOEL MICHAEL MAGRASSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
- PAUL PATRICK KEEFESergeant · September 26, 1970
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.