Person:Leo Reed (3)

http://www.triplenickle.com/history.htm The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion "Triple Nickels" the nation's first All-Black parachute infantry test platoon, company, and battalion

U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Detail Source
Name Leo D Reed
Race Negro (Black)
Marital Status Single, with dependents (Single)
Rank Private
Birth Year 1922
Nativity State or Country Mississippi
Citizenship Citizen
Residence Cook, Illinois
Education 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation Kitchen workers in hotels, restaurants, railroads, steamships, etc., n.e.c.
Enlistment Date 31 Oct 1942
Enlistment Place Chicago, Illinois
Service Number 16145461
Branch Corps of Military Police
Component Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source Civil Life
Height 69
Weight 157

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
Detail Source
Name Leo D. Reed
Rank Technical Sergeant
Birth Date 11 Dec 1922
Service Number 1614 5461
Service Branch US Army
Unit Co. B. 555th Parachutee Bn.
Enlistment Date 31 Oct 1942
Discharge Date 10 Oct 1945
Death Date 22 May 1970
Cemetery City Cemetery
Cemetery Location Losciusko, Mississippi, USA