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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