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REEDY, William Willis - Date of
birth
9 May 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11129881 -
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
31 December 1944 - Place of
death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 5 | 51 |
Immediate family
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Members
William J. Reedy (father)
Delia M. (Nee) Reedy (mother)
Thomas H. Reedy (brother)
Catherine V. Reedy (sister)
Archibald W. Reedy (brother)
Marguerite Reedy (sister)
Agnes Reedy (sister)
Mary Reedy (sister)
Gertrude R. Reedy (sister)
Ethel Reedy (sister)
John Reedy (brother)
Anna L. Reedy (sister)
Dorothy Reedy (sister)
Marienne E. (Bucherie) Reedy (wife)
More information
T/4 William W. Reedy attended high school for four years and was a retail manager at the Hyde’s Square Wine Company Inc. before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 4 February 1943.He was killed by artillery shell fragments.
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 / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – Fitchburg Sentinel 9 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Luxembourg Chronicles