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DANIEL CORTEZ REESE
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
July 1, 1944 – March 9, 1967
Service recordDaniel Cortez Reese, of Bluefield, Virginia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 48
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Bluefield, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 48
- RONNIE RAY PITTMANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAMCaptain · March 9, 1967
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
From Bluefield
- JACK PARIS DOVE SRCaptain · July 12, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID PRUETTSenior Master Sergeant · January 28, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD EPPERSONSergeant · June 9, 1971
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.