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Personal info

Full name
REED, Harry David
Date of birth
16 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31328772
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lauterborn, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 12 22

Immediate family

Members
Henry Reed (father)
Amelia Reed (mother)
Eleanor Reed (sister)
George Reed (brother)

More information

Pfc Harry D. Reed graduated from Suffield High School and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 18 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, 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
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Leslie D., Yearbook, 1941 Suffield High School