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Personal info

Full name
REEKS, Reginald T
Date of birth
6 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Bedwellty, Wales, Great Britain
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16152047
Rank
Corporal
Function
Light Mortar Crewman
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Mönchengladbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 8 29

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Reeks (father)
Mabel E. (Pitman) Reeks (mother)

More information

Cpl Reginald T. Reeks immigrated to the U.S.A. in July 1929.

He attended high school for three years and was a metal worker before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Detroit, Michigan on 7 December 1942.

He joined his unit from a Replacement Depot on 2 September 1944, was promoted to Private First Class on 1 October and to Corporal on 20 November 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jacqui