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RAYMOND RICHARD REESE
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
December 6, 1944 – August 12, 1972
Service recordRaymond Richard Reese, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 12, 1972, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 64
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Born
- December 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1972; 13 of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Ba Xugen Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 64
- MERRILL HOWARD MASINCaptain · August 12, 1972
- DANIEL MARTIN RICHARDSSpecialist Five · August 12, 1972
- CHARLES PRICE ROBERTSCaptain · August 12, 1972
- WILLIAM GEORGE SAARELASergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
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.