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RONNIE ELLIS REEDER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1947 – January 29, 1967
Service recordRonnie Ellis Reeder, of Smithville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 96
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Smithville, Tennessee (Dekalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 96
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
- STANLEY A ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1967
- CLAUDE ARNOLD SILVALieutenant Colonel · January 29, 1967
- DONALD SHERRIL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · January 29, 1967
From Smithville
- B L MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- BILLY ANTHONY ADCOCKPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
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.