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JAMES ROBERT REESE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1942 – December 2, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Reese, of Griffin, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- March 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Griffin, Georgia (Spalding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 24
- JOSEPH LESTER RINEHARTCorporal · December 2, 1968
- JAMES DELANO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- THOMAS W ROWLANDPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- PATRICK SALAZARLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
From Griffin
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
- WARREN EUGENE KENERLYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · November 29, 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.