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Personal info

Full name
REECE, Charles L L
Date of birth
17 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Cherokee County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34839881
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 36

Immediate family

Members
Willie E. Reece (father)

More information

Pvt Charles L. L. Reece was a motion picture projectionist before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 9 August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

He is remembered at the Trippe Family Cemetery in Hickory Flat, Cherokee County, Georgia.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com – Barry E. Smith

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Barry E. Smith