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Personal info

Full name
REYER, William Henry
Date of birth
28 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi
Hometown
Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34134307
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Bannholz Woods, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 41 17

Immediate family

Members
Henry L. Reyer (father)
Beulah E. (Soley) Reyer (mother)
Elizabeth Reyer (sister)
Mary M. Reyer (sister)
James C. Reyer (brother)
Christpher C. Reyer (brother)
Hoyt C. Reyer (brother)
Jesse B. Reyer (brother)
Shirley F. Reyer (sister)

More information

Pfc William H. Reyer was a driver before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 20 October 1941.

He is remembered at the Caney Church Cemetery in Lumberton, Lamar County, Mississippi.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / My Family, Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Gene Phillips / Melissa Watson Padilla Johnson
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Gene Phillips, 124th Infantry - Gators yearbook, 1943 (at Ft Benning)