Clayton Duke Reese

Brief Life History of Clayton Duke

Clayton Duke Reese was born on 9 September 1976, in Silver City, Grant, New Mexico, United States as the son of Richard Thomas Reese. He died in January 2009, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Mesa Cemetery, Gila, Grant, New Mexico, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Thomas Reese
1954–1999
Clayton Duke Reese
1976–2009

Sources (3)

  • Clayton Duke Reese, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Clayton Reese in entry for Richard Thomas Reese Or Rick, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Clayton Duke Reese, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1979 · The Department of Education

Department of Education was organized to guide the schools throughout the United States in what to teach and how to teach it. The Department also collects data on the schools to see where government focus needs to go.

1980 · Prison Riot at New Mexico State Penitentiary

One of the deadliest prison riots in the U.S. occurred at the New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were held hostage. Several of the inmates killed other inmates, while others were being tortured and mutilated because they acted as informants for prison authorities. After 36 hours control was regained. The riot ended with 33 inmates dead and more than 200 treated for injuries. None of the officers taken hostage were killed but 7 suffered serious injuries.

1986

Space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take off from Cape Canaveral. All seven crew members are killed. Manned space flights are suspended until September 1988.

Name Meaning

Welsh: variant of Rice .

North German and Dutch (De Reese): nickname for a very big man, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch rese ‘giant’.

German: habitational name from any of the places called Rees or Reese, in Rhineland and Lower Saxony.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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