Captain Richard M Rees, SF - Memorial - KIA RVN December 1973
Memorial Day 27 May 1200 hours
Warren Amphitheater public event
All Chapter XXXV Members are encouraged to attend in Berets & Blazers
Private Ceremony at Oakwood Cemetery
Dedication of Grave Marker (new)
Sole surviving sibling, Mary Fraser, to attend
On 15 DEC 1973, in South Vietnam, during a pause in hostilities between American and communist forces, Captain Rees was killed by gunfire. The captain and two Special Forces sergeants came under intense fire while conducting an unarmed Joint Casualty Resolution Center (JCRC) mission near Saigon. According to the sergeants, who were rescued, Captain Rees ordered them stay down while he himself stood up and went forward to meet the hostile commander. The captain's body was recovered later that day by the JCRC force to which he was attached.
His combat decorations included the Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars and the Bronze Star. We are working with the Trumbull County Veterans Service Commission to add the DSC, the second SS and the BS to a new grave marker which will reflect his valor and sacrifice.
Captain Rees was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School, Class of 1959.
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