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Personal info

Full name
DREW, Reginald Harold
Date of birth
20 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Hometown
West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31452861
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Near Saarbrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 38

Immediate family

Members
Harold T. Drew (father)
Dorothy E. (Moody) Drew (mother)
Haroldean E. Drew (sister)
Bertrand T. Drew (brother)
Priscilla M. Drew (sister)
Clifton G. Drew (brother)
Harold T. Drew Jr. (brother)
Evangeline Drew (sister)
Patricia Drew (sister)
Dorothy Drew (sister)
Irene Drew (sister)
Helen T. Drew (wife)

More information

Pfc Reginald H. Drew attended high school for three years and was employed at the Merritt Chapman and Scott before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 29 Febuary 1944.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of a gunshot wound in his small intestine and humerus.

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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery