Dennis V. Reeder

Dennis Verdun Reeder was my father.

Dennis was in the Army and served a full tour in Vietnam before reenlisting and then being reassigned to stateside service as a Sargeant. His second tour of duty was cut short. I will post his full history another time. After he died we requested and received his military records.

All he ever told us was that he served with the Green Berets and jumped with the 101st. He never enjoyed talking about his service and the only stories I ever heard were a few anecdotal stories, nothing detailed and nothing about over there. Just some stories about training.

He told us that the day he left he took one dress uniform to give to his mother. Everything else he left on his bunk and told everyone to take what they wanted. He wanted nothing.

Mom said he never stopped having nightmares.