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SAMUEL LEE REED
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1939 – July 15, 1966
Service recordSamuel Lee Reed, of Mankato, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Mankato, Minnesota (Blue Earth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 25
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCCONAHYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- JOHN NATHANIEL MORRISHospitalman · July 15, 1966
- JAMES MURRY REIDCorporal · July 15, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
From Mankato
- LARRY ALLEN DORINGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1968
- GERALD DUANE SACKCorporal · July 30, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · September 11, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL WIEHRPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1973
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.