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Personal info

Full name
CORY, Reed
Date of birth
23 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Hendricks County, Indiana
Hometown
Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35933608
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
North of Faymonville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 9 7

Immediate family

Members
Thorley E. Cory (father)
Mary E. (Hawkins) Cory (mother)
Noble H. Cory (brother)
Helen N. Cory (sister)
Fred E. Cory (brother)
Fay C. Cory (brother)
Carl E. Cory (brother)
Mildred Cory (wife)

More information

Pfc Reed Cory enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 22 September 1943.
A graduate of Valley Mills High School, Pfc Cory was associated with his father in the contracting business a number of years. He went overseas in January, 1944. He landed in Normandy on D-day and, with exception of a month spent in a hospital resting after nervous strain, he was on combat duty until the day he was killed.

Source of information: Max Poorthuis, Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1940 Census, Dunham Family Tree, www.history.army.mil, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star