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Personal info

Full name
REYNOLDS, William Daniel "Billy"
Date of birth
7 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Danville Ward 2, Vermillion County, Illinois
Hometown
Placer County, California

Military service

Service number
39412121
Rank
Corporal
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
43rd Squadron,
315th Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wezel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 2 9

Immediate family

Members
John Reynolds (father)
Margaret M. (Rhodes) Reynolds (mother)
John Reynolds (brother)
Margaret K. Reynolds (sister)
Eleanor E. Reynolds (sister)
Bettina L. Reynolds (sister)

More information

Cpl William D. Reynolds enlisted in Sacramento, California, on 9 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Kathie, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S.,Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Roach Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Stacy Seman