REGINALD D CLEVE
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HONORED ON PANEL 4W, LINE 66 OF THE WALL

REGINALD DAVID CLEVE

WALL NAME

REGINALD D CLEVE

PANEL / LINE

4W/66

DATE OF BIRTH

08/02/1947

CASUALTY PROVINCE

LZ

DATE OF CASUALTY

03/22/1971

HOME OF RECORD

FARMINGTON

COUNTY OF RECORD

St. Francois County

STATE

MO

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

WO

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Contact Details
STATUS

MIA

REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR REGINALD DAVID CLEVE
POSTED ON 12.12.2023
POSTED BY: Zipp

Ode To Reginald

ODE TO REGINALD

By Carl Zipperer

He was tall and good-looking, a confident young man
He flew Hueys for the Army, a chopper pilot in Vietnam

Reginald David Cleve was his given name
It was from Farmington, Missouri, that he came

He was a bright, friendly fellow, wise beyond his years
He was highly respected among all of his peers.

He was a skilled pilot and a courageous one, too
He took a mission that another would not do.

It was so sad that when his life he gave
It was to replace another – Reg was so brave.

Now, how did this happen, you ask?
Reg volunteered for the task.

He climbed aboard his Huey and was ready to go
It would be his second time at that awful shit-show.

That combat offensive, named Lam Son 719,
Reg had 46 days left in Vietnam at the time.

In his heart, he knew that he would not survive
He called me to talk and said his goodbyes.

We stood on the flight line at the nose of his bird
With rotor blades swishing softly above, it was then that I heard

That he had a premonition that he would not survive
That this would be the last time I’d see him alive

A favor of me he asked was to write to his wife
If he was listed as MIA, but I knew he had lost his life

So I told him yes; I told him I would
But when it happened, I didn’t think that I could.


Then I found a letter that he had left in my room.
It was instructions for the awful task that I had to assume.

With my eyes full of tears, I wrote Karen the letter
I hated the task because I knew it would upset her.

Along with my letter, I enclosed his note to me
So that she could read it, so that she could see.

So that she could read it and could understand
That my intentions were simply to follow his command.

She and I came face-to-face after forty-seven years
And both of us immediately just burst into tears.

She had moved on and lived a good life.
But she never forgot that she had been his wife.

Reginald David Cleve
Born August 2, 1947
KIA March 22, 1971, Savannakhet Province, Laos
Body Never Recovered
Memorial Service Held March 22, 2018
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POSTED ON 5.29.2023
POSTED BY: Carl Z

We were close as brothers and I loved him like one.

Born August 2, 1947– died March 22, 1971

Reginald Cleve and I became friends soon after we met in July 1970. Reg, having about two more months in Vietnam than I, was a mentor, friend, and fellow helicopter pilot in the 176th Aviation Company (Assault Helicopter). We only knew each other briefly - a little less than nine months But I have never known anyone else for such a short time who became such a close friend or affected my life in such a dramatic way. During my tour in Vietnam, no one else kept me so grounded and focused on life rather than death. We were close as brothers and I loved him like one. We talked about the future when we got back to “the world,” as we said in those days. We agreed about what a beautiful country Vietnam was and what a great vacation spot it would be, were it not for all the booby traps. We planned all the things we would do together when we got back home.
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POSTED ON 8.2.2022
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston

I'm Proud of Our Vietnam Veterans

Warrant Officer Reginald David Cleve, Served with the 176th Assault Helicopter Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, 16th Aviation Group, Americal Division, United States Army Vietnam.
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POSTED ON 7.22.2022
POSTED BY: ANON

POW-MIA

Never forget.

HOOAH
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POSTED ON 1.22.2022
POSTED BY: John Fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. It remains my fervent hope you will be returned home after all these years....
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