Reginald Buford Reeves was born Feb 20, 1916 in Poteau, Okla. to William Oscar & Bertha P. Dawson Reeves. Regianld registered for the military draft October 16, 1940 in St. Louis, Mo. He enlisted with the US Army Air Corps and was an Aviation Cadet.No date for his enlistment has been found. He was killed July 25, 1943 in a plane crash while training in rural Maricopa, Arizona. He was buried in Rose Lawn Park Cemetery in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar.