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PAUL MARTIN REED
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1945 – August 23, 1966
Service recordPaul Martin Reed, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- July 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 31
- WILLIAM BARTON HEPBURNLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- RAYFON LOFTONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- PETER QUILICI JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
- DONALD REGINALD JOHNSTONSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
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.