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Personal info

Full name
REID, Oliver Matthew
Date of birth
2 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Eldorado, Saline County, Illinois
Hometown
Saline County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
7024106
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 19 22

Immediate family

Members
Matthew Reid (father)
Ann (Baird) Reid (mother)
Dorethy Reid (sister)
James Reid (brother)
Hugh Reid (brother)
Beth E. Reid (sister)

More information

Pvt Oliver M. Reid joined the Regular Army on 2 June 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Carroll Littleton & Morris Bradshaw, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Daily Register 2 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - ohiokjc