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JOHN WILLIAM REESE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1944 – August 26, 1970
Service recordJohn William Reese JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 30, 1944
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 13
- ROBERT PAUL MCMASTERSergeant · August 26, 1970
- DWIGHT PRESTON OBRIENSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- JOHN LAURENCE PIERSOL JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
- DAVID PHILLIP REESESpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.