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David Arlen Reinke

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David Arlen Reinke

Birth
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
Death
10 Oct 2009 (aged 66)
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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David Arlen Reinke
Funeral for retired Sgt. Major David Arlen Reinke, 66, Lawton, will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, at the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill.

Sgt. Major Reinke died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, in a Lawton hospital.

Burial with military honors will be under direction of the Becker Funeral Home.

He was born April 20, 1943, in Minot, N.D., to Rolland and Viona Reinke. He graduated from Minot High School in 1961 and joined the military. He married Jacqueline Lee Younge in Springfield, Mo., on Jan. 24, 1965. He served in the Army for 27 years, including two tours in Vietnam, a tour in Korea and two tours to Germany. His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 Device, Vietnam Service Medal with one silver and two bronze service stars, Expert Infantryman Badge, Presidential Unit Citation, Bronze Star Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 2nd award, Army Commendation Medal with second oak leaf cluster, Civil Actions Honor Medal with first class, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Meritorious Service Medal with second oak leaf cluster, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with palm, Four Overseas Service Bars, Army Good Conduct Medal 8, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral two, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge and the Expert rifle M16. Following his retirement from the military he attended Cameron University, graduating in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. He audited for the State of Oklahoma for a number of years before retiring. He was a Lutheran and a member of the Moose Lodge and the VFW.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Tracy Reinke, Norman; a daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Jeremy Lunnen, Spokane, Wash.; seven grandchildren: Whitney Reinke and Amanda, Taylor, Sarah, Hannah, Noah and Adam Lunnen; two brothers and a sister-in-law: Kenneth and Debra Reinke, Minot, N.D.; and Rollie Reinke, Sioux Falls, S.D.; and a sister, Sandra, Colorado.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant niece.

An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com.
David Arlen Reinke
Funeral for retired Sgt. Major David Arlen Reinke, 66, Lawton, will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, at the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill.

Sgt. Major Reinke died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, in a Lawton hospital.

Burial with military honors will be under direction of the Becker Funeral Home.

He was born April 20, 1943, in Minot, N.D., to Rolland and Viona Reinke. He graduated from Minot High School in 1961 and joined the military. He married Jacqueline Lee Younge in Springfield, Mo., on Jan. 24, 1965. He served in the Army for 27 years, including two tours in Vietnam, a tour in Korea and two tours to Germany. His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 Device, Vietnam Service Medal with one silver and two bronze service stars, Expert Infantryman Badge, Presidential Unit Citation, Bronze Star Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 2nd award, Army Commendation Medal with second oak leaf cluster, Civil Actions Honor Medal with first class, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Meritorious Service Medal with second oak leaf cluster, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with palm, Four Overseas Service Bars, Army Good Conduct Medal 8, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral two, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge and the Expert rifle M16. Following his retirement from the military he attended Cameron University, graduating in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. He audited for the State of Oklahoma for a number of years before retiring. He was a Lutheran and a member of the Moose Lodge and the VFW.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Tracy Reinke, Norman; a daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Jeremy Lunnen, Spokane, Wash.; seven grandchildren: Whitney Reinke and Amanda, Taylor, Sarah, Hannah, Noah and Adam Lunnen; two brothers and a sister-in-law: Kenneth and Debra Reinke, Minot, N.D.; and Rollie Reinke, Sioux Falls, S.D.; and a sister, Sandra, Colorado.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant niece.

An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com.

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