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Personal info

Full name
REESER, William Samuel
Date of birth
30 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Goodfield, Woodford County, Illinois
Hometown
Montgomery, Woodford County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36774636
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Near Sinz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 35

Immediate family

Members
William E. Reeser (father)
Emma M. (Moser) Reeser (mother)
Dorothy I. Reeser (sister)
Marie E. Reeser (sister)
Edna F. Reeser (sister)
Richard C. Reeser (brother)
Franklin D. Reeser (brother)
Linda Reeser (sister)

More information

Pfc William S. Reeser attended high school for three years.

He enlisted in December, 1943 and was sent overseas in June, 1944.

Pfc Reeser is remembered at the Apostolic Christian Cemetery in Congerville, Woodford County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Our Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Alvin Oglesby

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph, www.findagrave.com – Alvin Oglesby