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1LT Philip John Reichert Jr.

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1LT Philip John Reichert Jr.

Birth
Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas, USA
Death
10 Aug 1944 (aged 25)
Pleurtuit, Departement d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Burial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
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Block L Row 13 Grave 15
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-1180021

Entered the Service from: Kansas

908th Field Artillery Battalion, 83rd Infantry Division

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart


Philip J. Reichert, Jr. is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Cloud County, Kansas.


U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:


Mrs. Helen M. Reichert

844 North Hunter

Stockton, California


Information below gleaned from: https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2360&MemID=3089


A Piper of the 908th Artillery Battalion was sent to spot enemy artillery fire. It was mortally wounded by German anti-aircraft fire and crashed at 11.30 a.m. at Trébéfour, killing the 1st Lt Goettke and Reichert.

PIPER L-4H

Pilot: 1st Lt. John B. GOETTKE

Observer: 1st Lt. Philip J. REICHERT Jr.

908th Field Artillery Battalion, 83rd Infantry Division.

U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-1180021

Entered the Service from: Kansas

908th Field Artillery Battalion, 83rd Infantry Division

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart


Philip J. Reichert, Jr. is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Cloud County, Kansas.


U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:


Mrs. Helen M. Reichert

844 North Hunter

Stockton, California


Information below gleaned from: https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2360&MemID=3089


A Piper of the 908th Artillery Battalion was sent to spot enemy artillery fire. It was mortally wounded by German anti-aircraft fire and crashed at 11.30 a.m. at Trébéfour, killing the 1st Lt Goettke and Reichert.

PIPER L-4H

Pilot: 1st Lt. John B. GOETTKE

Observer: 1st Lt. Philip J. REICHERT Jr.

908th Field Artillery Battalion, 83rd Infantry Division.

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PHILIP J. REICHERT JR
1 LT 908 FA BN 83 DIV
KANSAS AUG 10 1944

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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56350509/philip_john-reichert: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT Philip John Reichert Jr. (19 Dec 1918–10 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56350509, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).