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Personal info

Full name
REILLER, Kenneth Phillip
Date of birth
20 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32839722
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 19 11

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Reiller (father)
Mary A. (Koerntgen) Reiller (mother)
Florence C. Reiller (sister)
Albert E. Reiller (brother)
Kenneth Reiller (brother)
Margaret Reiller (sister)
George Reiller (brother)
Harold A. Reiller (brother)

More information

Pfc Kenneth P. Reiller attended Lafayette High School and was employed at Bell Aircraft Corporation.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Russ Picket, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree / 1930 Census, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Nicole Sproncken, Buffalo News - 10 October 1944