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Personal info

Full name
REYNOLDS, Layman Ross
Date of birth
26 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio
Hometown
Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35839165
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity Kettwig-Hattingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 5 21

Immediate family

Members
Robert R. Reynolds (father)
Sylvia I (Pasco) Reynolds (mother)
Norman H. Reynolds (brother)
Russell E. Reynolds (brother)
Pauline (Locke) Reynolds (wife)
Joseph H. Reynolds (son)
Agnes P. (Locke) Reynolds (wife)
Sylvia D. Reynolds (daughter)

More information

Pfc Layman R. Reynolds attended Wellsville High School and was a munitions worker for the Mullins Manufacturing Co. in Salem.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 16 May 1944.

He was wounded in action in February 1945 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal the first time.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Ohio, County Mariages, 1789-1997, WWII Draft Cards, https://newspaperarchive.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, https://newspaperarchive.com