Name:
James H. Reed
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-770776
Unit:
862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1945-04-09
State:
California
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Comments:
James H. Reed was born on November 9, 1916. He was the son of Willie Orlando Reed and Verda Evelyn Huffstetler Reed.
James served in the 862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action in the European theater but was declared "Missing" on April 9, 1945. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.