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Born in Okmulgee, OK, on August 15, 1958, as the fourth child of four children born to his parents, Bishop Jeremiah and Willie Mae Reed. His parents relocated to Des Moines, IA in 1959. Dwight attended Wallace Elementary School, Amos Hiatt Middle School, and graduated from Des Moines Technical High Schoolwhere he participated/member of ROTC in Des Moines, IA.