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Personal info

Full name
REESE, William Peter
Date of birth
17 October 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33053948
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Near Malaucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 13 22

Immediate family

Members
William F. Reese (father)
Ella S. (Hewes) Reese (mother)
Edna M. Reese (sister)

More information

Pvt William P. Reese attended high school for three years and was a driver before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 3 April 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Michelle Canale Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
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