Otts Bernard Reeves served in the U.S. Army Air Forces as a Second Lieutenant with the 81st Bombardment Squadron, 12th Bombardment Group (Medium), during World War II. He went missing in action on September 14, 1943, when his B-25 Mitchell twin-engine bomber disappeared. He is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial at Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Air Medal, American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
