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ROBERT BRUCE REED
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1946 – November 6, 1967
Service recordRobert Bruce Reed, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 34
- JAMES RAE SABOURINPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- ELBERT FORD PRICE JRCorporal · November 6, 1967
- PAUL FRANCIS REIDLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- DONALD FRANK SANSONELance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL SANTANAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 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.