Everett Ellis Reed

NAME: Everett E. Reed

ASN: 33610485

PLACE OF BIRTH: Waymart, PA

DATE OF BIRTH: 16 Jan 1924

DATES OF SERVICE: ?? ??? 1943 - 00 Aug 1973

UNIT ASSIGNED:

C Company, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion

B Company, 505th Parachute Infantry

CAMPAIGNS:Southern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland

AWARDS: Parachutist Badge, Combat Infantrymen Badge, EAME Campaign Medal with three bronze campaign stars, WWII Victory Medal, Distinguished (Presidential) Unit Citation

SUMMARY OF SERVICE:

00 Sep 1944 - Assigned as a replacement to C Co 509th PIB while in Southern France

00 Dec 1944 - Participated in the Ardennes-Alsace campaign

01 Jan 1945 - Pvt. Everett E. Reed, 33610485, C Co 509th PIB - GO#1 - Having fullfilled all requirements as set forth in Par 1 and 2, Section 1, War Department Circular #408, dated 17 October 1944, the following named Officers and Enlisted Men of Compaies indicated are hereby announced as Combat Infantrymen and are entitled to wear the badge as specified in War Department Circular above: Pvt. Everett E. Reed, 33610485

00 Feb 1945 - Reassigned to B Co 505th PIR

16 Apr 1946 - Reenlisted in the Army Air Forces in Baltimore, MD - NARA Enlistment Record

Field Title	Value	Meaning
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER	33610485	33610485
NAME	REED#EVERETT#E##########	REED#EVERETT#E##########
RESIDENCE: STATE	32	PENNSYLVANIA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY	127	WAYNE
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT	3110	BALTIMORE MARYLAND
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY	16	16
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH	04	04
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR	46	46
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION	PVT#	Private
GRADE: CODE	8	Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION	AC#	Air Corps
BRANCH: CODE	20	Air Corps
FIELD USE AS DESIRED	#	#
TERM OF ENLISTMENT	3	Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
LONGEVITY	###	###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL	S	Undefined Code
NATIVITY	32	PENNSYLVANIA
YEAR OF BIRTH	24	24
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP	1	White, citizen
EDUCATION	4	4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION	256	Undefined Code
MARITAL STATUS	6	Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY	1	Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER	9	9
BOX NUMBER	0684	0684
FILM REEL NUMBER	1.201	1.201

Maintained the Presidential aircraft named "The Sacred Cow" during the Truman Administration

18 Jul 1948 - Everett E. Reed, Waymart, PA on LIST A of Reunion Roll

10 Oct 1953 - Married Evelyn June Murphy

00 Aug 1973 - Retired from the U.S. Air Force

Worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 11 years

14 Sep 2009 - Passed away in Orlando, FL buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery

Jack Berger (also a former 509er), Rushing, Everett Reed in Wannsee, Berlin, Germany 1945 while with the 82nd Airborne

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