- SURNAME
Pelfrey
- FORENAME
Reed
- UNIT
OSS France + China
- RANK
First Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Croix de Guerre with palm (France)
- PLACE
France 1944 (BS,CdG) China 1945 (BS)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 17.1.1921 Breathett County,Kentucky
Kentucky National Guard 13.5.1939 Camp Shelby,Mississippi
entered service 17.1.1941
graduated Harrisburg Vocational School for Military Police 1941
Company D,729th MP Bn
7th Company,729th MP Bn
Officer Candidate School 1942
graduated 1943 as 2Lt
Company B,1 Bn 44th Armored Regiment,12th Armored Division
graduated jump school,Fort Benning 14.6.1943
515 PIR
502 PIR (Company H) 4.3.1944
506 PIR (Company A)
award Bronze Star
502 PIR (RHQ)
award Bronze Star
served Normandy
OSS London 23.8.1944
parachute mission to France
award Bronze Star,Croix de Guerre with palm (Fr)
to USA 13.11.1944 - arrived 19.11.1944
to OSS China 2.2.1945 - arrived 4.3.1945 Kunming
award Bronze Star
to USA 1.10.1945 - arrived 11.10.1945
discharged 5.12.1945
Army Reserve
recalled for Korean War
12th Infantry Regiment 2.1.1951
discharged June 1952
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