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In Memory of our Military Personnel

 

G/Sgt. Edward T. Reeder

G/Sgt. Edward T. “Pete” Reeder, USMC, age 32, was killed Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq, in the service of his country.
He joined the Marine Corps in 1990 and has served in Bosnia, Liberia, Somalia, and many other areas of the world. He served two prior tours of duty in the Persian Gulf. He was stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and was a paramedic with the Jacksonville and Hubert, N.C., fire departments.
G/Sgt. Reeder was born May 2, 1972, in Flagstaff. He was a member of a pioneer Arizona family. In his youth, he lived and worked on several ranches in Arizona. He attended schools in Rimrock, Mayer and Camp Verde, where he graduated high school in 1990.
He is survived by his wife, Christine, of High Pointe, N.C., and two children, five-year old Sarah Ruth and 10-month old Jared Thomas; his parents, Elizabeth Reeder of Mayer and Samuel “Tom” Reeder of the Yolo Ranch, Prescott; grandmother, Ruth Kunkle of Los Alamos, N.M.; aunt, Pat Potter of Prescott; sister, Oleta Trimmer of Albuquerque, N.M., as well as numerous other relatives in Arizona and New Mexico.
G/Sgt. Reeder will be buried in the Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Salisbury, N.C., on Aug. 30th, with full military honors. Out of love, honor, and respect for a man who has served their community for so many years, the community members of Jacksonville and Hubert have raised the funds to send an honor guard from their fire departments to escort their friend to his final destination.
Semper Fi!

G/Sgt Reeder

 

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