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WILLIAM VAL REED
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 21, 1950 – June 8, 1970
Service recordWilliam Val Reed, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 29
- DONALD WARREN OLLILASergeant · June 8, 1970
- JOHN ROBINSONCorporal · June 8, 1970
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CREIGHTON WAYNE SISTRUNKPrivate · June 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL EALYSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 26
From Laredo
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 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.