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Pvt Perce Samuel Reed a paratrooper in 82nd Airborne was reported MIA
12/23/44 in Belgium. He lived 615 Champion Ave and graduated South High
and was studying Aeronautical Engineering at Ohio State when he was
drafted 4/3/43 in Columbus. He trained with an Engineer unit then
transferred to paratroopers and went overseas a year ago.
[Source: Columbus Ohio Dispatch, 27 January 1945 -
courtesy of Darrin Mason] |
REED, Pvt. Perce Samuel , age 21 son of Mr. and Mrs.
Percy S. Reed, 615 S. Champion-Av., killed in the battle of the Bulge,
Dec. 23, 1944. Also survived by brothers, Robert R. and Paul R.; sister,
Ruth Carol.
Graduate of South High School, and attended OSU in 1943. Member of the
Engineer Corps, later transferred to the Paratroopers. Member of the
Oakwood Methodist Church, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.,
Monday, Dr. Samuel R. Dunham officiating. Friends may call at the
residence after 4 p.m., Saturday until 12
noon Monday. Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery, by CHARLES J. PHIPPS.
(The Columbus Dispatch, Saturday, 8 November 1947, Page 2A - courtesy of
Marie Dum) and The Columbus Dispatch, Sunday 9 Nov 1947, p6A - courtesy
of Shannon Byers) |
(courtesy of Jim Fraley)
Grave marker for Perce S. Reed in Section 102 , Lot
151 of the Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus (Franklin county), Ohio.
Perce enlisted in the Army at Columbus, OH on 3 April
1943 and was assigned to Service Company, 508th PIR.
He was killed in action in Belgium on 23 December 1944
and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman
badge for the Ardennes Campaign, 18 December 1944 to 26 January 1945. |
