Reginald Ross Calvin

Reginald R. Calvin

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/24/1944

Reginald Ross Calvin was born in Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky on June 8, 1919.

He was drafted into the Army on July 30, 1942, at Evansville, Indiana. He had completed four years of college,
and listed his civilian occupation as Laboratory Technicians and Assistants. He was married and his religion
was listed as Protestant.

He was assigned to Company C from the 4th Infantry Division
replacement pool on June 17, 1944.

Corporal Reginald R. Calvin was killed in action on June 24, 1944, in the Maupertus-Gonneville area
of the Cherbourg penninsula, as 1st Battalion protected the right flank of the attack on Cherbourg.

Reginald R. Calvin was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Kentucky.

Burial:
Hickman City Cemetery
Hickman
Fulton County
Kentucky

Grave marker for Reginald R. Calvin

Photo by Trey Thompson rom the Find A Grave website

Top photo by Eric B Stone from the Find A Grave website created by: Sharon Rhoades

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