African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: June 15, 1914, Tazewell, West Virginia. Died: November 14, 1980, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia. Enlisted: February 25, 1942, Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY and discharged September 28, 1943.
Reece was hospitalized in March of 1943 at Northwest Service Command in Canada with a diagnosis of Epilepsy. He was discharged because of this disability.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: gas station attendant and cook. His father was Reece Edward Bandy, Sr, a railroad laborer. His mother was Mattie Sanders. He married Vivian Maxine Perry in 1953 in Kanawha, West Virginia.
Serial #35269017
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