LTC Donald E. Reid, US Army Retired, 78, of Fayetteville, went to be with his Lord, on Thursday, February 8, 2007. He was born in Peabody, Massachusetts on August 4, 1928, son of Ella Emerson Reid and Ralph James Reid. He graduated from Peabody High School in 1945 at age 16, enlisted in the Army Reserves and attended the University of Massachusetts. He enlisted in the regular Army in 1946, and became Airborne qualified. He went to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md for two years before entering West Point, where he graduated in 1955. He has earned Masters degrees from both the University of New Hampshire of Durham, NH, and Duke University in Durham, NC. During his Army career he attended Command and General Staff College in Paris. He served three assignments in Germany, one in France, and two in Vietnam. He served in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and the 3rd Infantry Division. He received both the US and Vietnamese medals of commendation. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1983 at Ft. Bragg, having served in Infantry, Airborne, and Special Forces units. Don served his community wherever he was stationed. He has been a Boy Scout leader, youth football coach, and recently a volunteer at the Fayetteville Airborne & Special Operations Museum. He was active in the Fayetteville Kiwanis Club, Sandhills West Point Society, and First Presbyterian Church, where he served as Deacon, Elder, and Elder Emeritus. LTC Reid was predeceased in 1982 by Nancy Johnson Reid, originally of Jacksonville, Florida. He is survived by Joyce Seay Reid, to whom he was married for 21 years, and by his children, Donna R. Quesnell and husband, Joe, of Land O'Lakes, FL, Mary R. Long and husband, Tom, of San Antonio, TX, and LTC Daniel E. Reid and wife, Paula, of Rock Hill, SC (currently serving in Bagdhad, Iraq); his wife's children, Elizabeth R. Allen and husband, Curtis, and Rebecca R. Osterkamp and husband, Oie, and 12 grandchildren, Anthony Quesnell, Geoffrey Long, Sarah Long, Courtney Reid, Devin Reid, Victoria P. Kirby, Maylon A. Kirby III., Frederick Tyler Kirby, Suzanne Allen, Aileen Allen, Anne Allen, and Misha Allen. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery at 11 am on Thursday, February 15, 2007. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, NC, at 11 am on Thursday, February 22, 2007. The family will receive friends at the church immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to either the First Presbyterian Church, 102 Ann Street, Fayetteville NC 28302; the Airborne & Special Operations Museum, 100 Bragg Blvd, Fayetteville NC 28301; or the Association of Graduates USMA (Don Reid Class of 1955), West Point, NY 10966. The family expresses appreciation for the many expressions of kindness and caring from friends.