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Personal info

Full name
REED, David Watson
Date of birth
2 March 1925
Age
21
Place of birth
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Hometown
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38508185
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
411th Infantry Regiment,
103rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
16 March 1946
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zinswiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Arthur W. Reed (father)
Elizabeth (Hook) Reed (mother)
Clarence Reed (brother)
Mary E. Reed (sister)

More information

Pfc David W. Reed enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 2 June 1943

He was officially declared death one year and one day after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/411th-regiment.html - Unit Journal for March 1945, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/assets/mr-411-a-by-name.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Have Paws will Travel