Enlistment record reads: Harry L Reed Jr, residing Warren county, Illinois, enlisted on 3 March 1943 at Peoria, Illinois, service number 36476720. That service number matches the American Battle Monuments Commission records for this burial. Records indicate that he probably received amphibious training in Australia during late 1943, then sent into action on Papua New Guinea in early 1944. They received orders to move on Luzon, Philippines on 2 January 1945. His regiment landed on Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines on 10 March 1945.
Enlistment record reads: Harry L Reed Jr, residing Warren county, Illinois, enlisted on 3 March 1943 at Peoria, Illinois, service number 36476720. That service number matches the American Battle Monuments Commission records for this burial. Records indicate that he probably received amphibious training in Australia during late 1943, then sent into action on Papua New Guinea in early 1944. They received orders to move on Luzon, Philippines on 2 January 1945. His regiment landed on Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines on 10 March 1945.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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