Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 17-Oct-1948
Hometown: Eureka, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 8-May-1968
Start of tour: 27-Oct-1968
Incident date: 17-Jul-1969
Date of casualty: 17-Jul-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Gary Walton Reed died from wounds received while gunner on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. He was admitted to a military medical facility, placed on the Very Serious Injury (VSI) list, and later expired. / Gunner on Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) on convoy security mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight. Individual admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, on 17 Jul 1969 at 1500 hrs, placed on Very Serious Injury (VSI) list on 17 Jul 1969 at 1500 hrs and later expired. Incident occurred on 17 Jul 1969 at 1310 hrs.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 767 655
Place of interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Eureka, California, USA
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