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REID ERNEST GRAYSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1948 – December 28, 1968
Service recordReid Ernest Grayson JR, of Scobey, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 84
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Scobey, Montana (Daniels County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 84
- VERNON TERRY BULLINHospitalman · December 28, 1968
- FRANCIS DAVID DONOHUECorporal · December 28, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWIN FERGUSONCaptain · December 28, 1968
- A W HOWARD JRSergeant · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTOGNINI IIISergeant · Panel 36W, Line 83
- JAMES BOYD ARTMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 85
- THOMAS PAYNE PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 86
From Scobey
- DARRYL RICHARD JUELLance Corporal · July 2, 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.