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Personal info

Full name
REYES, Joseph
Date of birth
9 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Hometown
Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36474041
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neuss, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 11 10

Immediate family

Members
Maximino Reyes (father)
Margaret Reyes (mother)
Pauline Reyes (sister)
Lucy Reyes (sister)
Frank Reyes (brother)
Margaret Reyes (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph Reyes attended high school for two years and was employed at Columbia Mills.
He enlisted on 17 August 1944 at Detroit, Michigan.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card, 1940 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten