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Personal info

Full name
REID, Stewart F Jr
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Henry County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-773000
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
838th Bombardment Squadron,
487th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Gutenpaaren, 26 km northwest of Brandenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 38 42

Immediate family

Members
Stewart F. Reid (father)
Lorna B. (Hinderliter) Reid (mother)
Faye (Brown) Reid (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
44-8563
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Osnabruck, Germany
MACR: 11731

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, William J Waldron, Bombardier Class Book 44-04, Victorville AAF, California.