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Personal info

Full name
REEVES, Robert Lester
Date of birth
10 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Iredell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Davie County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34038961
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Baesweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 1 8

Immediate family

Members
Burgess Reeves (father)
Etta M. Reeves (mother)
Lois Reeves (sister)
Ollie Reeves (sister)
Kathleen Reeves (sister)
Cora Reeves (sister)
Emma Reeves (sister)
Donald R. Reeves (brother)
Carl R. Reeves (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Reeves enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 2 September 1942.
He was a mason before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Emma Reeves Tutterow, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Emma Reeves Tutterow