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REESE, Ivan Lawrence - Date of
birth
6 April 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1324849 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
17 November 1944 - Place of
death
Avricourt, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 24 | 10 |
Immediate family
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Members
Willard F. Reese (father)
Margaret J. (Mawhinney) Reese (mother)
Willard F. Reese Jr. (brother)
Dorothy J. (Pemberton) Reese (wife)
Rodney R. Reese (son)
More information
2nd Lt Ivan L. Reese graduated from Whitewater High School in 1938 and attended Whitewater State Teachers College for two years.He was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 29 October 1942. He was sent overseas in August 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Wisconsin State Journal 7 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, State Teachers College, 1940