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Personal info

Full name
REED, John Matthew
Date of birth
11 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Carlton County. Minnesota
Hometown
Automba, Carlton County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1299303
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 87

Immediate family

Members
Matt A. Reed (father)
Edna S. (Jarvis) Reed (mother)
Edwin R. Reed (brother)
William A. Reed (brother)
Helen E. Reed (sister)
Arnold W. Reed (brother)
Emily S. Reed (sister)
Gladys E. Reed (sister)
Raymond W. Reed (brother)
Emil M. Reed (brother)
Ernest B. Reed (brother)
Elma I. Reed (sister)
Phyllis E. (Nash) Reed (wife)

More information

John M. Reed attended the University of Minnesota and was an assistant postmaster.

He enlisted in June 1941 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

He is remembered at the West Branch Cemetery in Kettle River, Carlton County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Nash Family Tree / 1930 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com Eric Ackerman / Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ron, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune