ThinBlueNews Memorial Wall • 50th Anniversary
Patrolman John S. Reese
Cleveland Division of Police, Ohio
End of Watch: Thursday, September 2, 1976
CLEVELAND, Ohio — ThinBlueNews remembers Patrolman John S. Reese on the 50th anniversary of his End of Watch, September 2, 1976. This is an anniversary remembrance, not a report of a new death.
The approved Officer Down Memorial Page record identifies Reese as a patrolman with the Cleveland Division of Police and records his age as 27. ODMP says he died from wounds sustained three weeks earlier after responding with his partner to a call involving an armed man. This remembrance omits unnecessary scene detail.
Service remembered in Cleveland
ODMP's September 2 line-of-duty history and approved individual record preserve Patrolman Reese's identity, rank, agency and End of Watch date. The record lists three years of service and identifies him as a United States Army Vietnam War veteran.
Remembered 50 years later
The 50th anniversary is one of ThinBlueNews' established milestone-remembrance dates. Half a century after his End of Watch, Patrolman Reese's service remains part of Cleveland's law-enforcement history.
Fifty years after his End of Watch, Patrolman John S. Reese is remembered for his service to Cleveland and for the family, colleagues and community who continue to carry his memory.
End of Watch
Patrolman John S. Reese
Cleveland Division of Police
Cleveland, Ohio
End of Watch: Thursday, September 2, 1976
Age: 27
Service: 3 years
Sources and visual note
- ODMP: September 2 line-of-duty death history
- ODMP: Patrolman John S. Reese
- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund: fallen-officer memorial search
Visual note: ThinBlueNews checked the official ODMP record, the Cleveland Division of Police site and web search results but did not establish publication-level reuse authority for an officer portrait. It therefore created an original typography memorial. No synthetic likeness, representative incident image, badge, seal or invented uniform detail was used.
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