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CPL Robert Dugger Reed

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CPL Robert Dugger Reed Veteran

Birth
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
7 Mar 1951 (aged 19)
South Korea
Burial
Candler, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Robert Dugger Reed
Corporal, U.S. Army
B BTRY 38 FA BN 2 DIV
Service #: 14326688
Place of Birth: Buncombe, North Carolina
Date of Birth: January 01, 1931
Date of Death: March 07, 1951
Status: Died while Prisoner of War
Wars or Conflicts: Korean War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court 6

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Awards:
Purple Heart
Prisoner of War Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
United Nations Service Medal
Republic of Korea War Service Medal

Corporal Reed was a member of Battery B, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on March 7, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. ** Corporal Reed was awarded the Purple Heart, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Contributor: William Wayne Metcalf (47858431)
Robert Dugger Reed
Corporal, U.S. Army
B BTRY 38 FA BN 2 DIV
Service #: 14326688
Place of Birth: Buncombe, North Carolina
Date of Birth: January 01, 1931
Date of Death: March 07, 1951
Status: Died while Prisoner of War
Wars or Conflicts: Korean War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court 6

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Awards:
Purple Heart
Prisoner of War Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
United Nations Service Medal
Republic of Korea War Service Medal

Corporal Reed was a member of Battery B, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on March 7, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. ** Corporal Reed was awarded the Purple Heart, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Contributor: William Wayne Metcalf (47858431)

Inscription

CPL US ARMY
KOREA
BTRY B 38 FA 2 DIV
DIED A P.O.W.



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  • Created by: James Archer
  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53767373/robert_dugger-reed: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Robert Dugger Reed (3 Dec 1931–7 Mar 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53767373, citing New Morgan Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Candler, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by James Archer (contributor 47046691).