Edward Kenneth Reed

1922 - 1945  (22 years)

• Name	Edward Kenneth Reed  [1]
  Birth	24 Nov 1922	Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Mar 1945	India   [3]
  Burial	Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk, New York   [3]
  Person ID	I47014	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Walter Clark Reed,   b. 6 Jul 1878, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts d. Abt 1946 (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Lucy Mary Chase,   b. 1 Jul 1888, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. Abt 1955 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1902  [1, 2, 4]
  Family ID	F22796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Killed in action, tail gunner on bomber. ____ U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Recordinfo Name: Edward Reed Birth Year: 1922 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts State: Massachusetts County or City: Bristol Enlistment Date: 2 Oct 1942 Enlistment State: Massachusetts Enlistment City: Boston Branch: Air Corps Grade Code: Private Education: 1 year of high school Civil Occupation: Machinist* or Railway Mechanic, General or Engine Specia list (Machinist, Automobile) An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the United States Employment Service Manual, Oral T Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 68 Weight: 150 ____ S/Sgt. Edward (Ted) Reed was the 11th of 13 children and youngest of six sons of Walter C., Sr., and Lucy M. (Chase) Reed. During WWII Ted was a B-24 assistant engineer-gunner on the Nathan Margolies crew, 9th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Group, 10th Air force, India-Burma Theater. Reed and three of his comrades were killed when their B-24L Liberator experienced engine trouble, forcing the pilot to ditch in one of the rivers of India's Sundarbans, a mangrove swampland bordering the Bay of Bengal. Ted died from a head wound after swimming to shore. His body was recovered. The other three crew members and the plane remain missing in what now is Bangladesh. Reed was 22. He was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Unit Citation, and (posthumously) the Purple Hear

  
  

• Sources

  [S22723] Descendants of Patience Hascall and John Cory, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S11925] Cory's of America, Ancestors and Descendants, (Al Bertus Cory Second Edition), 929.273/C819ct. [S45350] Cemetery index, Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk, New York, (Find-a-Grave). [S39621] 1930 census, Massachusetts, Bristol county.