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CHESTER ROY REESE JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – September 5, 1970
Service recordChester Roy Reese JR, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Sand Springs, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 40
- EMIL JOHN NAASZFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1970
- RONALD LEE POLANDSergeant · September 5, 1970
- LUIS RAMOSSergeant · September 5, 1970
- PRESTON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1970
From Sand Springs
- BILLIE ALLEN HALLStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- DAVID RICHARD STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN GAINESSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERNCorporal · December 3, 1968
- LARRY LEE BROWNSergeant · April 8, 1970
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- JIMMY LEON GOODELLLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
- WALTER LEON POINTERSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
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.