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Personal info

Full name
REDDERT, William Parker
Date of birth
20 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
Hometown
Madison, Morris County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12206634
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Near Lostroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 45 20

Immediate family

Members
Earl J. Reddert (father)
Esther (Decker) Reddert (mother)
Earl J. Reddert (brother)
Audrey E. Reddert (sister)
John D. Reddert (brother)

More information

Pfc William P. Reddert graduated from Madison high school in 1943. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 18 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

He is remembered at the Hanover Cemetery in East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey.

As boys, Robert L. Hogeman, William P. Reddert and John O. Stoddard had belonged to the same Madison Boy Scout Troop, No. 25. At the request of their families, they were buried side-by-side.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Ohio Birth Index, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Barbara Schaffer / Ree T
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Barbara Schaffer, Madison High School yearbook 1942