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Thiel M. Reeves
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
25 FTR INTCP SQ 51 FRT INTCP GP
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Date of Death
January 14, 1952
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First Lieutenant Reeves was the pilot of a F-86E Sabre Jet fighter bomber with the 25th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group. On January 11, 1952, while on a combat mission, his flight of two F-86s was attacked by a flight of four MiG-15s. His aircraft was hit and he headed toward Cho-do Island. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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