Previously Held MOS 72B20-Communications Center Specialist
72E10-Tactical Telecommunications Center Operator
71L10-Administrative Specialist
11B30-Infantryman
1970-1977 with 7.6 years Active USA, 1985 to 2009 USAFR.
James Elmo Reece III, beloved husband and devoted father, is the son of James Elmo Reece Jr, Grandson to James Elmo Reece Sr, Great Grandson to William Ervin Reece, all of Wilmngton, NC.
He is the brother of Diane Marie Reece Boyd Wilmington, NC.
Married Elanne Joy Bender of Soap Lake, Washington on 24 Oct 1987, He has one daughter, the late Chelsie Iris Reece of Lakewood, WA.
Born in Glendale, CA, left at the age of 1, and lived the next twenty years in Wilmington, NC. Atternded St Mary's School 1954 to 1963. Graduated from NHHS in 1969 and promptly joined the Army. I got tired of walking, left the Army and joined the US Air Force, and retired as a First Sergeant in 2009. Lifetime member of the VFW and the USAF Sergeants Association. I followed in the footsteps of my Father and Grandfather by working as a Firefighter and Civil Servant until my retirement in 2004. After retirement in 2004, I moved to Maui. I left Maui in June 2011 and settled in my hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina, close to my only sister. Playing more golf and not getting any better except now I play on the Senior Tees. I got sick from Pulmonary Emboli in 2014 and left Wilmington to be close to my other family. Living in East Wenatchee, WA now. You really "can't" go home.
