Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Re - surnames |
Milton Herman Reckling was born May 31, 1927 to Herman August and Martha Magdalena Moser Reckling. He died June 26, 2012 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Pvt. Reckling served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Lloyd H. Redfern was born Apr. 25, 1910 to George Washington and Emily Mabel Hewitt Redfern. He died Dec. 6, 1944 and is buried in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
Pvt. Redfern served in World War II with the U.S. Army 334th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division and was KIA in Germany and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Homer Harrison Reed was born Aug. 13, 1912 to Milton Orin and Margaret Tranquil “Tronnie" Beck Reed. He died Oct. 25, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and has a cenotaph in Mount Hope Cemetery, High Bridge, WI.
He served aboard the USS Northampton (CA-26), USS Midway (CV-41) and USS St. Louis (CL-49) and was MIA/FOD/KIA aboard the St. Louis when it was hit by a Japanese kamikaze pilot in the Gulf of Leyte in the Philippines. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Louis Regan was born May 10, 1927 to Frank and Kathryn Wenke Regan. He died June 8, 1946 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Sgt. Regan served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
John Douglas Reid was born Apr. 14, 1921 to Stanley M. and Marguerite L. Huston Reid. He died May 27, 2000 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Col. Reid served with the U.S. Air Force in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He graduated from St. John’s Military Academy in Delafield, WI and West Point Military Academy in 1942. He was a member of the Army and Air Force, flying missions in the China-Burma-India Theatre in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
George Edmund Reilly was born Nov. 20, 1906 to James L. and Beatrice Simon Reilly. He died Dec. 11, 1943 and is buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
Sgt. Reilly served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 833rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
James Herbert Reynolds was born July 27, 1914 to John D. and Mae Teressa Shireman Reynolds. He died Nov. 11, 1977 and is buried in Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, IA.
Pvt. Reynolds served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar & Apr 2019; updated Jul & Aug 2020; updated Mar & Jun 2022 & Aug 2024