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Personal info

Full name
REEVES, Joseph Edward
Date of birth
4 February 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31449007
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Holzheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 1 12

Immediate family

Members
Lydia M. Reeves (mother)

More information

Pvt Joseph E. Reeves enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 3 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet