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GOMER DAVID REESE III
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1942 – April 24, 1970
Service recordGomer David Reese III, of Scarsdale, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 24, 1970, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 56 SOS WING UDORN AB
- Born
- July 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Scarsdale, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 47
- WILLIAM P MCCONNAGHYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
- JOHN L PENASergeant · April 24, 1970
- ALBERT CHARLES POWELLPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- JOSEPH RONALD SMOYERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
From Scarsdale
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD DARNELLCorporal · June 9, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- WALTER ALOYSIUS JOYCELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
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.