David L Reagan from Virginia, Chesapeake, City of county.
Spouse: Rhonda, 18
Service era: Cold War
Schools: Oscar Smith High (1979)
Date of death: Thursday, September 30, 1982
Death details: David was a combat engineer assigned to clear the airport of land mines and other explosives. A 155-mm “cluster” shell, of the type supplied by the U.S. to Israel, exploded on the airport tarmac, killing him and wounding three other Marines. The shell was apparently left over from the heavy fighting between Israeli troops and guerrillas of the P.L.O.
Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond, White House Commission on Rememberance, USA Run for the Fallen; Hutchinson, Kansas News (1982)