Army Europe and with 7th Army in West Germany from November 1975 to November 1976.
His next assignment was as a Liaison Officer, Battery Commander, and S-2 Officer with the 1st Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington, from September 1974 to June 1975, and then as an Aerial Surveillance Officer and staff officer with Headquarters U.S. He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, and then attended the Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, from July 1973 to May 1974, followed by UH-1 refresher training from June to August 1974. After spending 320 days in captivity, Capt Reeder was released during Operation Homecoming on March 27, 1973. His next assignment was as an AH-1 pilot with the 361st Aviation Company in South Vietnam from December 1971 until he was shot down on March 9, 1972, managing to evade the enemy until he was captured and taken as a Prisoner of War on March 12, 1972. He then received an assignment to the University of Nebraska to complete his Bachelor's degree from February 1970 to June 1971, followed by rotary-wing aviator flight training from July to September 1971, and AH-1 Cobra training from September to December 1971. After completing OV-1 Mohawk training, Capt Reeder served as an OV-1 Mohawk pilot with the 131st Aviation Company in South Vietnam from October 1968 to November 1969, and during this time he was shot down on March 1, 1969, but was rescued the same day. His first assignment was with 6th Battalion, 21st Artillery Regiment of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, from September 1966 to October 1967, followed by fixed-wing aviator training from October 1967 to June 1968. Army through Artillery Officer Candidate School on August 16, 1966. Army on August 30, 1965, and was commissioned a 2d Lt in the U.S. Entombment will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens.Ĭawley & Peoples is honored to serve the Reeder family and offers online condolences as well as many other resources by visiting or by going to their Facebook page.Bill Reeder was born in 1945 in Lake Arrowhead, California. Funeral services to be held on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2022, at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Homes, from 4 to 8 p.m. In addition to his parents and former wife, he was preceded in death by one sister, Rochella Batten.Īnyone who knew Bill knew that he was the most loving, kind and supportive father, papaw, great papaw, brother, uncle and friend that anyone could ask for.
Also surviving are special friends and neighbors, John Richards, Trevy & Nancy Fredrick, his Mountwood Camping family and his beloved fur babies. He is survived by three sons, Marc (Mary), Bryan (Tammy), Kevin (Jennifer) eight grandchildren, Jasmin Kennedy (Skylar), Kendra Dobre (Michael), Brendan Reeder, Cameron Reeder (Jackie), Jeremy Reeder (Kelsey), Audrey Reeder, Dylan Reeder (Olivia), Caleb Reeder six great grandchildren, Emma and Reagan Kennedy, Rory and Sidney Reeder, Lucas and Logan Reeder one beautiful sister, Donna Walters (James), three brothers, Harry “Junior”, David, and Michael Reeder numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws. He cared deeply for his many clients and co workers, as they did him.īill’s love of music was evident throughout his life, as he was a member of the Ludgate Circus and Foxfire rock bands traveling and playing music throughout the Mid Ohio Valley in the 1970s and 1980s. Bill would share his expertise as an instructor throughout his career. Bill was passionate about his career and enjoyed time traveling to seminars to further enhance his knowledge and skills.
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After receiving his cosmetology license he began his 50+ year career at Charles’ Hairdressers, which he later became a co-owner with lifelong friend Mark Binegar. While serving the guard, Bill attended Valley Beauty School. He served in the West Virginia Army National Guard from 1965-1972. 11, 1967, he married the late Roberta “Bobbi” Pape Reeder and together they had three sons.īill was a 1963 graduate of Parkersburg High School. 25, 1944, in Parkersburg, WV, to the late Harry and Glenva Godby Reeder. 8, 2022, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. William “Bill” Garfield Reeder, 77 of Parkersburg, WV, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, Jan.
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