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PHILIP PAUL REED
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordPhilip Paul Reed, of Elmwood, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personal Financial Records Clerk (3421)
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Elmwood, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 9
- ANGEL L GONZALEZ-MARTINEZCorporal · June 9, 1968
- BERNARD TIMOTHY HANSENCorporal · June 9, 1968
- ELMER LARRY HOLDENStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
- MARVIN LYNN HOUSTONLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
From Elmwood
- HOMER MORGAN LYNN JRMajor · February 5, 1969
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.