Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 16-Jul-1949
Hometown: Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 26-Feb-1969
Start of tour: 14-Sep-1969
Incident date: 23-Aug-1970
Date of casualty: 5-Sep-1970
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Chester Roy Reese Jr died as a result of wounds received while commanding a military vehicle when a mine detonated. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired. / Tank commander on Sheridan returning to night defensive position (NDP) from reconnaissance mission. Detonated hostile mine. Admitted to 93d Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, on 23 Aug 1970 at 1835 hrs, placed on Special Category list on 24 Aug 1970 at 0945 hrs. (Individual transferred to United States Army Hospital Camp Zama, Japan, where he expired on 5 Sep 1970 as a result of wounds received on 23 Aug 1970.)
Two Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SP5 Chester Roy Reese Jr
PFC Robert Dawson Rother Jr
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam, YT 294 253
Place of interment: Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA
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