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PHILLIP EUGENE REED
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1941 – October 15, 1967
Service recordPhillip Eugene Reed, of Yorktown, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Yorktown, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 11
- CHARLES LYNN BANEYSergeant · October 15, 1967
- FRANK APPERSON PRICE IIISergeant · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SCHULZCorporal · October 15, 1967
- BURNELL SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GAYLON G GIPSONSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 8
From Yorktown
- DAVID LEE REASONERLance Corporal · September 10, 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.