Skip to content

Earl H. Reid, Jr.

NAME
Earl Hilton Reid, Jr.
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
276038
UNIT
VMF-211
Aviator
HOME OF RECORD
Tulsa, OK
NEXT OF KIN
Mother, Mrs. Molly M. Bare
of Fort Steilacoom, WA
DATE OF BIRTH
February 8, 1917
at Delaware, OK
ENTERED SERVICE
October 16, 1939
at Denver, CO
DATE OF LOSS
January 5, 1942
REGION
Hawaiian Islands
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Oahu
CASUALTY TYPE
Non-battle death
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Sergeant Earl H. Reid was a Marine aviator serving with VMF-211, stationed at Ewa Field, Oahu. 

On 5 January 1942, Reid boarded an unknown two-seater aircraft piloted by SSgt. Carl N. Vinson and departed Ewa Field for an authorized familiarization flight. At 0942, their plane was seen to fall from the sky and crash at sea approximately 100 yards from Barber’s Point, Oahu.

SSgt. Vinson’s body was recovered from the wreckage, but Sgt. Reid’s could not be found – it was presumed that he went down with the plane.

INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart*
LAST KNOWN RANK
Sergeant
STATUS OF REMAINS
Not recovered.
MEMORIALS
Honolulu Memorial

* Note: Sergeant Reid received the Purple Heart for wounds received in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Biography:
Contact the webmaster for more information about this Marine.


Articles & Records:

Excerpt from the muster roll of VMF-211, January 1942.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *