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-'''Walter E. Reno''' was ([[3 October]] [[1881]] &ndash; [[1917]]) was an officer in the [[United States Navy]].
-[[Image:Walter E. Reno.jpg|thumb|right|Lieutenant Reno]]
-Born in [[Davis County, Iowa]], Reno entered the [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]] in 1901 and graduated in 1905. While a junior officer, Reno served primarily in [[battleship]]s. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1910 and during the next four years was stationed in the battleships [[USS New Jersey|''New Jersey'']] and [[USS Wisconsin|''Wisconsin'']]. From early 1914 until early 1916 he was Officer in Charge at the [[Chicago, Illinois]], Navy Recruiting Station.
-Lieutenant Reno then went out to the [[Philippines]], where he took command of the destroyer [[USS Chauncey (DD-3)|''Chauncey'' (DD-3)]]. In the Summer of 1917, after United States had entered [[World War I]], Reno brought his ship from the [[Far East]] to the [[Europe]]an war zone. While on convoy escort duty west of [[Gibraltar]] during the night of 19 November 1917, Chauncey was rammed by [[British]] merchantman ''Rose'' and sank, taking with her Lieutenant Commander Reno and twenty of his ship's officers and men.
-The first [[USS Reno (DD-303)|USS ''Reno'' (DD-303)]] was named in honor of him.
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-[[Category:1881 births|Reno, Walter E.]]
-[[Category:1917 deaths|Reno, Walter E.]]
-[[Category:U.S. Navy officers|Reno, Walter E.]]