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SHELLIE JEAN REED
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1946 – December 27, 1967
Service recordShellie Jean Reed, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 80
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 80
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- OSSIE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
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.