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Pvt James Olin Reeve

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Pvt James Olin Reeve Veteran

Birth
Anderson County, Kansas, USA
Death
15 Feb 1944 (aged 22)
Italy
Burial
Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map
Plot
Plot C Row 7 Grave 22
Memorial ID
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James O. Reeve
Private, U.S. Army
Headquarters Company, VI Corps
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 15-Feb-44
Buried at: Plot C Row 7 Grave 22
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Headquarters -3rd Ranger Battalion - 6615 Ranger Force (Provisional)

Jimmy served with the Rangers in the invasions at Sicily and Salerno, at Venafro, and the Invasion of Anzio. He was serving with the Rangers at the time of his death. (Have suffered extensive losses at Anzo, the 6615 Ranger Force was disbanded within the week that followed his death. Surviving Rangers were re-assigned, most to 1st Special Service Force or to the other Ranger Battalions preparing for the Normandy Invasion.)

NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Anderson County, Kansas...Killed In Action.
James O. Reeve
Private, U.S. Army
Headquarters Company, VI Corps
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 15-Feb-44
Buried at: Plot C Row 7 Grave 22
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Headquarters -3rd Ranger Battalion - 6615 Ranger Force (Provisional)

Jimmy served with the Rangers in the invasions at Sicily and Salerno, at Venafro, and the Invasion of Anzio. He was serving with the Rangers at the time of his death. (Have suffered extensive losses at Anzo, the 6615 Ranger Force was disbanded within the week that followed his death. Surviving Rangers were re-assigned, most to 1st Special Service Force or to the other Ranger Battalions preparing for the Normandy Invasion.)

NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Anderson County, Kansas...Killed In Action.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Kansas.


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