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Submitted: 10/22/16 • Approved: 10/22/16 • Last Updated: 4/3/18 • R49205-G0-S3
William W. Reeder
Born: NOV. 28, 1926*
Died: OCT. 26, 1964*
PVT. 1st C. 15th INF. DIV. CO. B W. W. II
The 15th Infantry left China for Fort Lewis, Washington, on 2 March 1938. On 12 January 1940, the regiment was assigned to the 3d Infantry Division. LTC Dwight D. Eisenhower served in the 15th from March to November 1940, as commander of 1st Battalion. On 24 October 1942, the 15th Infantry and the 3d Infantry Division sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, bound for French Morocco. For the next 31 months, the regiment fought through French North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany. On 10 July the 15th Infantry starting in Sicily at Licata at h.2.57, the Allied invasion of Sicily, called Operation Husky, at Mollarella and Poliscia beaches. By the end of the war in Europe, the 15th Infantry had 16 Medal of Honor recipients including Audie Murphy, the most decorated combat soldier of World War II. 15th infantry casualties for World War II include, 1,633 killed, 5,812 wounded, and 419 missing in action.
Photo by JBH April 2012
*(A Genealogists Guide To Burials in
Northumberland Co. Pa. Vol 1)
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