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PAUL HENRY REESE
Captain · U.S. Army
April 12, 1943 – September 29, 1969
Service recordPaul Henry Reese, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 17
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 17
- WILLIAM A MAGUIRE JRPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- DENNIS OLIVER MCGHEESpecialist Four · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL MULLINEAUXPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- KENNETH ALFRED SCHIMANSKISergeant · September 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAURENCE THOMAS MCDOWELLCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 19
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.