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WILLIAM ELBERT REED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – June 18, 1971
Service recordWilliam Elbert Reed, of Mayfield, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 81
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Mayfield, Oklahoma (Beckham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 81
- LON PAUL GREGORASHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1971
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 18, 1971
- JOHN ROBERT PAINTER JRLieutenant · June 18, 1971
- ROGER EARL WITTEMajor · June 18, 1971
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.