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FLT O Houison Griffith Reed
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FLT O Houison Griffith Reed Veteran

Birth
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
22 May 1944 (aged 23)
Kiel, Stadtkreis Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Cenotaph
Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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REED, Houison G., Flight Officer, U.S. Army Air Forces, 364th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy, Service# T-001481, State of Entry: Louisiana, Death: 1944-05-22
Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Coleman D. and Effie Griffith Reed, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Actual burial memorializing FLT O Reed
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B-17G #42-37979 took off from Chelveston, England on a bombing mission over the Kiel, Germany Naval Yards. They were hit by German ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed near the Naval Yard in Kiel.
REED, Houison G., Flight Officer, U.S. Army Air Forces, 364th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy, Service# T-001481, State of Entry: Louisiana, Death: 1944-05-22
Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Coleman D. and Effie Griffith Reed, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Actual burial memorializing FLT O Reed
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B-17G #42-37979 took off from Chelveston, England on a bombing mission over the Kiel, Germany Naval Yards. They were hit by German ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed near the Naval Yard in Kiel.

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF
HOUISON G. REED
FLIGHT OFFICER
U. S. ARMY AIR FORCES
1920 - 1944

KILLED IN ACTION
IN THE AIR BATTLE
OVER KIEL GERMANY
MAY 22, 1944


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