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RALPH EUGENE REED
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1948 – April 16, 1970
Service recordRalph Eugene Reed, of Lexington, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Lexington, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 15
- FRANK LEE RIDENStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1970
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHN DAVID THOMASPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EARL HENDERSONPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 13
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.