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Personal info

Full name
REEDER, Leonard Howard
Date of birth
18 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Shelton, Buffalo County, Nebraska
Hometown
Shelton, Buffalo County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37482503
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Fort Driant, Southeast of Metz, France
In the vicinity of Ancy sur Moselle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 6 17

Immediate family

Members
George H. Reeder (father)
Alwilda (Brown) Reeder (mother)
Eldon A. Reeder (brother)
Beulah Reeder (sister)
Corrine Reeder (sister)
Lillian A. Reeder (sister)

More information

Pvt. Leonard H. Reeder had been employed by the Midwest Construction Company at the U. S. Naval Depot in Hastings.

He enlisted on 22 June 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Wilson Family Tree/ U.S.WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery