Walter Scott Reed
Military ROLL OF HONOURStanding left to right: S. Nevins, Mario J. Zumbolo (FE), Walter Scott Reed (WG), William Angelo Marcario (TG)
Kneeling left to right: Leighton, Elbert Paul Moyer (WG), Edwin W. Pfanner (BTG)
Added ID's.
On a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, another B-17 from the 388th went out of control after being attacked by fighters and collided with B-17G 42-40054 which exploded and crashed SE of Emmen, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
- Date: 30 December 1943
- Date: 24 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vian, Oklahoma, USA | 9 March 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Little Rock, AR | 12 January 1942 | |
30 June 1942 | 2109 N. 11th St | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Veenschapsweg, Schoonebeek, Netherlands | 6 March 1944 | Was last seen at his waist position. His body was found in the a/c wreckage. |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map Plot L Row 14 Grave 11 |
Revisions
ABMC, MACR 3092, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303022/walter-scott-reed
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=7070754
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MACR 3092 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database