REIDER KEITH A

WO1 Keith A. Reider was a potential member who died during training before going to Vietnam on 08/09/1968 from A/C accident
Fort Riley, KS
Flight Classes 68-503 and 68-1
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by Gregory B. Moody

More detail on this person: Glendon T. Rowen and Keith Reider died in the same accident - a 'C' model crash at Ft. Riley when our C/158/101st was still the 297th so they never made it to Viet Nam. It was on a day we were practicing for either President Eisenhouer's potential burial or Chief ( the last horse registered in the Cavalry ) Ft. Riley of course was the home of the actual horse Cavalry.

Glen was going to ask his girlfriend who was coming to visit with his parents to marry him and he and I went to Kansas City to get an engagement ring the weekend before his crash. His parents came to visit since everything was already arranged.

From: Gregory B. Moody Keith A. Reider Reading Eagle Obit (Aug 1968): WO Keith A. Reider, 20, of 3207 Noble St., Laureldale, was injured fatally in a helicopter crash at Fort Riley, Kansas, it was learned Saturday. The crash occurred on Friday. Born in West Reading, a son of Alfred L. and Mildred E. (Hull) Reider, he was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, Laureldale. A graduate of Muhlenberg High School and the Spartan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, Okla., he held both private and commercial pilot's licenses. He enlisted in the Army in 1967. Surviving in addition to his parents are three brothers: David M, Craig A., and Kerry L., all at home, and his maternal grandfather, Floyd D. Hull. 09 AUG 68 WO1 Keith A. Reider [P] WO1 Glendon T. Rowen [CP] SP4 Alfred C. Murphy [CE] Kansas 21 AVN UH-1B [Need Tail#] A/C experienced a mechnical problem while taking off, crashed and burned approx 18 miles N of Junction City, near the intersection of K82 and Hwy 77.

Burial information: Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton, PA

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024