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Personal info

Full name
REINHART, David Richard
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11058165
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Section Leader
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division,
Machine Gun Section
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ormont, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 40

Immediate family

Members
Albert Reinhart (father)
Helen C. (Bachmann) Reinhart (mother)
Albert J. Reinhart (brother)
Robert A. Reinhart (brother)
Arthur S. Loyd (foster-brother)

More information

Sgt David R. Reinhart graduated from Lancaster High School with the class of 1943. An honor student, he qualified for the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP, and attended Norwich University, where he studied engineering.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 12 November 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet