Notes About N.E. Iowans in the Service.
Waverly—Reynolds E. Renn, driver with the artillery of a U.S. army corps and son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Renn, Waverly, where his father is stockbuyer, has been promoted from private first class to technician fifth grade in The Netherlands East Indies. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Renn, also lives in Waverly.
A driver for Baker Transfer, Waverly, when he was inducted into the army in May, 1943, Corporal Renn, 32, left for duty overseas last January. He is already a veteran of the Hollandia operation which cut off the entire Japanese 18th army, and Biak, which again advanced Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces several hundred miles nearer Tokyo.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, December 6, 1944
Reynolds Earl Renn was born Feb. 6, 1914 to Francis Earl and Lillian Marie Carson Renn. He died Feb. 3, 1987 and is buried in Willow Lawn Cemetery, Plainfield, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
