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PHILIP DALLAM REEDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1949 – September 27, 1968
Service recordPhilip Dallam Reeder, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 32
- JOHN LAFAYETTE JOHNSONSergeant · September 24, 1968
- DAVID HUNTER PITTARDMajor · September 27, 1968
- ISHAM IKE QUICKSergeant First Class · September 27, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN RICKERTCorporal · September 27, 1968
- LARRY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LESTER LAWTONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 30
- CHARLES JOSEPH L MASONPrivate · Panel 42W, Line 30
- VIRGIL JUNIOR WEBBCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 33
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
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.