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Personal info

Full name
REINHART, Wendall Drury
Date of birth
22 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Boyer Valley, Sac County, Iowa
Hometown
Sac County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37193011
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Immendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Henry T. Reinhart (father)
Ruby M. (Drurey) Reinhart (mother)
Henry C. Reinhart (brother)
Beulah M. Reinhart (sister)
Oscar H. Reinhart (brother)
Maynard R. Reinhart (brother)
Sarah P. Reinhart (sister)

More information

T/5 Wendall D. Reinhart attended Early Consolidated schools and was engaged in arming prior to entering the service on 27 April 1942. He went overseas in 1942 landing in North Africa.

T/5 Reinhart's tank was hit and he and the assistant driver were unable to exit.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 66th Armored Regiment, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Iowa Births and Christenings

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Kit and Morgan Benson, Deb Reinhart, Donald and Linda Schulte