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Personal info

Full name
REESE, Thomas R
Date of birth
20 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42070725
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 51

Immediate family

Members
Thomas R. Reese Sr. (father)
Ethel Reese (mother)
Dorothy Reese (sister)
Alex Reese (brother)
John Reese (brother)

More information

Pfc Thomas R. Reese attended high school for four years and was an engineer stationary before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 28 January 1944. He went overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York Passenger and Crew Lists, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Standard Sentinel Pennsylvania 29 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspaper.com - Standard Sentinel Pennsylvania 29 March 1945