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SCOTT DOUGLAS REED
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – May 3, 1968
Service recordScott Douglas Reed, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 29
- GEORGE JAMES SINGLETONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SOUTHEYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
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.