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WILLIE REED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1943 – November 18, 1967
Service recordWillie Reed, of Prichard, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 18
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Prichard, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 18
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- GARRY LEE REICHARDPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- THOMAS JAY RILEYSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID T BROOKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 13
- LAWRENCE DEAN BROWNOTTERCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 13
- JAMES ALBERT DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 14
- ROBERT ALLEN HARTWELLSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 15
- WILLIAM BERNARD MCGARVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 17
- HUGH DON SCOTTCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 19
- HARMON S STONE JRCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 20
From Prichard
- JOHN LEO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- HAROLD ARNOLDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- ALFRED CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PATTERSON SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- EARLIE RANDSergeant · May 3, 1967
- EDWARD ELIAS HEYERSergeant · June 17, 1967
- THEODORE HOWARDSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- CLEOPHIS HARRISONSergeant · November 3, 1967
- JIMMY RAY PIERCEPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS WHITESergeant · March 27, 1968
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.