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John J Reilly

T/5 in 603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn : HQ & Service Co

Military occupational specialty: 374

ASN#32993544

Born 1910 in NY

Artist

County of residence at enlistment: Queens County, NY
Other residence(s): Brooklyn, NY (Banhof Flag)
United States Army, European Theatre of Operations
Occupation before the war: commercial artists
College education before the war: 4 years
Notes: Illustrator - His art was in postwar display in Luxembourg
Source: Photo of Headquarters Company at Montcuit, in Nussenbaum scrapbook; HJD603Lux.pdf GALP Archive; Bahnhof flag signature; Unit Shipment 10143-B, 23d HQ, from le Havre 23 June 1945; militaryyearbookproject.org/references/old-mos-codes/wwii-era/army...

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