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ROBERT WILLIAM REED
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1932 – April 5, 1967
Service recordRobert William Reed, of San Francisco, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 109
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 1, 1932
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 109
- RICHARD TOEPRITZSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD WAGNERLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- LELAND DALE ZAHNStaff Sergeant · April 5, 1967
- ERNEST LEMAS GUTIERREZLance Corporal · April 6, 1967
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.