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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Terry Michael Reed.

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TERRY MICHAEL REED

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

January 22, 1945 – June 23, 1969

Service record

Terry Michael Reed, of Randolph Afb, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 21W · Line 1

Position of Panel 21W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Pilot (1055B)
Born
January 22, 1945
Home of record
Randolph Afb, Texas (Bexar County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 23, 1969
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 21W, Line 1

From Randolph Afb

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.