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RICHARD MORGAN REES
Captain · U.S. Army
September 13, 1941 – December 15, 1973
Service recordRichard Morgan Rees, of Kent, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1973, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 120
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- JCRC SPECFORV
- Born
- September 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Kent, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1973
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1973; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1973, 1 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 120
- STEPHEN EUGENE BULLARDPrivate First Class · August 21, 1973
- WILLIAM DEXTER HARRISSpecialist Four · September 14, 1973
- CHARLES F SCOTTCaptain · November 27, 1973
- DAVID L WEEKSLieutenant Colonel · November 12, 1974
- PAUL ISAAC VEGASSeaman · April 22, 1975
From Kent
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- MARK JOHN DEFRANGESergeant · June 25, 1969
- DANIEL LEE STARKEYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- ROBERT KEITH BLOSSERSergeant · May 24, 1971
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.