Name:
Ray W. Reed
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
Date of Death:
1943-08-24
State:
Cemetery:
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky
Plot:
E
Row:
Grave:
137-138
Decoration:
Comments:
Ray W. Reed served in the US Air Corps as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner of an aircraft during World War II. He died on August 24, 1943 in China and is now buried in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA in a common grave with his crew. Ssgt Reed was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.