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Lieut Theodore William Reekstin

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Lieut Theodore William Reekstin

Birth
Death
25 Jul 1945 (aged 25)
Japan
Burial
Burial Details Unknown Add to Map
Memorial ID
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* Theodore is not buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
His parents had a notation on there stone
"In Memoriam SON LT. T. WILLIAM November 7, 1919-DIED 1945"

Information from Imported from: US Veteran's Affairs
Record added: Mar 04, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 3790008

Theodore served as a First Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-29B
"Maniuwa" (#42-63678), 402nd Bomber Squadron, 502nd Bomber
Group, 20th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Michigan prior to the war.

Theodore was "Killed In Action", along with the rest of his crew,
when his B-29 was hit by enemy flak and crashed into the
Nippon Casting Company factory near Kawasaki, Japan during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.

He was originally interred in Japan and was later repatriated here on July 19, 1949.

Service # O-696035

* See Find A Grave Memorial# 3790008 for his family links.
* Theodore is not buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
His parents had a notation on there stone
"In Memoriam SON LT. T. WILLIAM November 7, 1919-DIED 1945"

Information from Imported from: US Veteran's Affairs
Record added: Mar 04, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 3790008

Theodore served as a First Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-29B
"Maniuwa" (#42-63678), 402nd Bomber Squadron, 502nd Bomber
Group, 20th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Michigan prior to the war.

Theodore was "Killed In Action", along with the rest of his crew,
when his B-29 was hit by enemy flak and crashed into the
Nippon Casting Company factory near Kawasaki, Japan during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.

He was originally interred in Japan and was later repatriated here on July 19, 1949.

Service # O-696035

* See Find A Grave Memorial# 3790008 for his family links.


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