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WILLIAM ALBERT REID
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 19, 1929 – February 16, 1964
Service recordWilliam Albert Reid, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Born
- May 19, 1929
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1964
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1964. In February 1964, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 44
- BILLY MORRISON SMITHSpecialist Five · November 8, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- BERNARD FRANCIS LUKASIKCaptain · February 19, 1964
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
From North Hollywood
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 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.