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WILLIAM PHILIP REESE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 2, 1947 – August 17, 1967
Service recordWilliam Philip Reese, of Waterville, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Waterville, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 8
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- JOHN TURNER MULLANPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD SHUBIAKSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 4
- STEVE DANIEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 5
- LOUIS ANTONIO COBARRUBIOPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 5
- KEITH WARREN F LIVERMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 7
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.