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Personal info

Full name
REYNOLDS, Roy Miller
Date of birth
29 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Wood County, West Virginia
Hometown
Wood County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35745761
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Hemmerden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 9 6

Immediate family

Members
Thomas G. Reynolds (father)
Mary E. 'Molly' (Alton) Reynolds (mother)
Laura O. (Carder) Reynolds (stepmother)
Edward Reynolds (brother)
Annie D. 'Peg' Reynolds (sister)
Lester R. 'Jack' Reynolds (brother)
Shirley W. Reynolds (sister)
Donald W. Reynolds (brother)
Olive G. Reynolds (sister)
Thomas G. Reynolds Jr. (brother)
Clarice V. Reynolds (sister)
Robert O. Reynolds (brother)
Lucille Reynolds (wife)
Carolynn Reynolds (daughter)

More information

Pfc Roy M. Reynolds enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 10 December 1942.

He was killed by a shell fragment while assisting a wounded soldier. According to the morning report, this incident happened on 2 March 1945.

The Army Reserve Center in Parkersburg, WV is named after Pfc Reynolds.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl, awren313 / www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ben Savelkoul, Young American Patriots 1941-145 / www.ancestry.com