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Post by Stone on Dec 17, 2004 9:39:03 GMT -6
CPT Joe Reed, USMA '89, was also killed in this accident
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Post by Admin on Dec 17, 2004 12:34:59 GMT -6
Thanks, I have updated the listing to list his name as:
CPT Joseph O. Reed. Also, included a link with his picture.
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Post by Stone on Dec 17, 2004 19:59:33 GMT -6
Joe was my classmate. We were both in F4. I went to the Memorial Service at Bragg. I still have the bulletin from the service. The other soldiers killed were CW3 Donald S. Murray and CW2 Michael J. Roche. Joe was the Commander of B Company, 1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division when he died. He originally branched Infantry out of West Point and got his Ranger Tab, then his CIB with 1st ID in Desert Storm. He branch transferred to aviation shortly thereafter.
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Post by Admin on Dec 17, 2004 21:24:37 GMT -6
Thanks again. Just so that I list them correctly on the site. Do you happen to know which two were paired up with each other?
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Post by Stone on Dec 18, 2004 8:25:52 GMT -6
Sorry, I don't know that.
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Post by Mark on Jan 30, 2005 10:06:32 GMT -6
I was in the unit at the time. CPT Reed asked me to sit in on his AMB that night as the Assistant Div Cdr was there. At the end of the brief I told him he did a good job. The last I saw Mike he was headed to the bathroom. My company was relieving them on station when the 2 acft under NVGs collided while at a hover. It was a night live hellfire shoot. Both the LT and CPT Reed were new and receiving instruction from Don and Mike who were both IP´s. From a distance I saw the impact. The LT escaped from his burning acft with just a scratch under his eye. CW3 Murray was flying with CPT Reed. CW2 Roche was flying with the LT. Great guys who are missed today.
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Post by Admin on Jan 31, 2005 13:25:49 GMT -6
Thanks, I have made the changes.
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Post by PGT066 on Jan 26, 2006 18:26:15 GMT -6
CPT Reed was in my Scout Class in Flight School. Unfortunately, unfortunately he left behind 2 or 3 young kids.
RIP
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Post by Amber OBryant on Jul 14, 2010 22:23:32 GMT -6
 Mike was my father. Joe and Don were paired together, while my father and the new LT were together. All still missed to this day.
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Post by dglass04 on Aug 17, 2010 21:38:45 GMT -6
Mike and I were in the same battalion in Hawaii (1-25 ATK). He gave me my orientation ride and was also one of the IPs who helped train me as a young LT - back when we still had OH-58 A/C on active duty. He is missed.
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Post by Mark on Aug 9, 2014 17:18:43 GMT -6
Hard to believe it has been 18 years. Good men. Mike was a happy go lucky guy.
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Post by hitronav8or on May 13, 2018 8:39:47 GMT -6
Mike was my father. Joe and Don were paired together, while my father and the new LT were together. All still missed to this day. Amber, I am sorry for your loss. Mike was my stick buddy in the OH-58D(I) IP course. Your dad was an awesome pilot and friend. The loss of all of these crew members is a tragedy. |
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Mike was my father. Joe and Don were paired together, while my father and the new LT were together. All still missed to this day. 
