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ROGER GLEN REID
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 15, 1949 – March 31, 1971
Service recordRoger Glen Reid served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 97
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1949
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1971; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 97
- MICHAEL SHEA MCLHERNPrivate First Class · March 31, 1971
- BILLY RAY PARNELLCorporal · March 31, 1971
- JAMES SALLEY JRMaster Sergeant · March 31, 1971
- GUY GENE SHANNON JRStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1971
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.