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ABRAHAM B REESE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – February 11, 1967
Service recordAbraham B Reese, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 17
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1967
- CLAUDE ALOYSIUS ONLEYPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1967
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- OLIVER GILMAN ROWE JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD DAVID ARNOLDSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 16
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 17
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 17
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 18
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.