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Personal info

Full name
REED, Norman Francis
Date of birth
9 March 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Spring Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33946729
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Near Schwammenauel Dam, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 26

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Reed (father)
Hulda B. (Piper) Reed (mother)
Harry P. Reed (brother)
Irvin G. Reed (brother)
Myrl C. H. Reed (brother)

More information

Pvt Norman F. Reed graduated from Fannett Township High School

He enlisted on 2 June 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

He is remembered at the Path Valley Cemetery in Spring Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, The News Chronicle - 9 March 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Springer Foose Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - jomstanc1