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RICHARD LEON REED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1949 – December 7, 1970
Service recordRichard Leon Reed, of Rock City, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 113
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Rock City, Illinois (Stephenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 113
- THOMAS LEE LAFFERTYCorporal · December 7, 1970
- CARMINE ANGELO MACEDONIOPrivate First Class · December 7, 1970
- CHARLES TIENEREY MORTONSpecialist Four · December 7, 1970
- DENNIS LEON ROUSKASergeant · December 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOE EDWARD CRENSHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 112
- THOMAS LEE LAFFERTYCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 113
- CARMINE ANGELO MACEDONIOPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 113
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.