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Personal info

Full name
REYNERSON, Herbert Louis
Date of birth
4 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hope, Hampstead County, Arkansas
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38152553
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
Millingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 16 6

Immediate family

Members
Alvin C. Reynerson (father)
Cora L. (Wester) Reynerson (mother)
Garnette Reynerson (sister)
Leland N. Reynerson (brother)
Alva Reynerson (sister)
William M. Reynerson (brother)
Charles F. Reynerson (brother)
Luther S. Reynerson (brother)
Mary G. Reynerson (sister)
Ruth E. (Freie) Reynerson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Herbert L Reynerson enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 2 June 1942.
The citation of his Bronze Star stated:
"Sgt Reynerson led his squad in an assault on the house from which an enemy machine gun was firing. He threw a smoke grenade through a window, but was killed by enemy fire as he dashed to the door of the house. Sgt Reynerson's heroic self-sacrifice made possible the capture of this strong point and its defenders, who were forced out of the house by smoke, and promptly surrendered."

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Smith Family Master Tree, www.coulthart.com/134

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Barbara Burke, www.ancestry.com - Smith Family Master Tree