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WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1946 – June 25, 1966
Service recordWilliam Richard Reese JR, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Norristown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 94
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- DAVID ELLIOT REYNERCorporal · June 25, 1966
- GARRY LEE REYNOLDSCorporal · June 25, 1966
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HENRY HAYDEN ALLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 90
- CHARLES M EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 92
From Norristown
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOHN ELLWOOD SCHEETZPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
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.