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Personal info

Full name
REESE, Israel Lafayette
Date of birth
19 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Toombs County, Georgia
Hometown
Appling County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34974024
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 12 30

Immediate family

Members
Claude L. Reese (father)
Vinnie Reese (mother)
Aaron Reese (brother)
Hoyt Reese (brother)
Howell Reese (brother)
Lenel Reese (brother)
Laverne Reese (brother)
Margaret Reese (sister)

More information

Pfc Israel L. Reese worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 26 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet