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RONALD LEE REED
Private · U.S. Army
July 6, 1945 – March 16, 1966
Service recordRonald Lee Reed, of Oscoda, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Oscoda, Michigan (Iosco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 16
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- PAUL GERARD UNDERWOODColonel · March 16, 1966
- JERRY L ZEVENBERGENPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE L KNOXCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 15
- JERRY G WINSLOWSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 17
From Oscoda
- JAMES FREDERICK SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1969
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.