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Personal info

Full name
REAMSMA, Henry
Date of birth
11 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Hometown
Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36405105
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Foy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 49

Immediate family

Members
Fred Reamsma (father)
Jessie (Vander Ark) Reamsma (mother)
Gerald Reamsma (brother)
Edward Reamsma (brother)
James A. Reamsma (brother)
Fredrick Reamsma (brother)
Florence Reamsma (sister)
Virginia B. (Medaris) Reamsma (wife)
Larry D. Reamsma (son)

More information

Cpl Henry Reamsma enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 17 October 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Walter and Carolyn Nelson, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Carolyn Nelson