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NAME Earl Hilton Reid, Jr. |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 276038 |
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| UNIT VMF-211 Aviator |
HOME OF RECORD Tulsa, OK |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Molly M. Bare of Fort Steilacoom, WA |
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| DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1917 at Delaware, OK |
ENTERED SERVICE October 16, 1939 at Denver, CO |
DATE OF LOSS January 5, 1942 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Oahu |
CASUALTY TYPE Non-battle death |
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| 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. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart* |
LAST KNOWN RANK Sergeant |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial |
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* Note: Sergeant Reid received the Purple Heart for wounds received in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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