Charles Edmond Reed – Harrodsburg Tanker

Charles Edmond Reed

Private First-Class

Pfc. Charles Edmond Reed (Harrodsburg Tankers Survivor, WW II) BIRTH 14 FEB 1919 • Cornishvllle, Mercer County, Kentucky, United States of America DEATH 11 AUG 1967 • Boyle County, Kentucky, United States of America Education: 4 years of high school. Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms (He was married with 4 sons and 2 daughters.)

Charles Edmond Reed
BIRTH, 14 Feb 1919, Cornishvllle, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH, 11 Aug 1967 (aged 48), Boyle County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL, Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
MEMORIAL ID, 136179834

Charles Reed was a member of D Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He fought on Bataan and became a Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942.He was held as a POW at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. He was sent to Japan on a "Hell Ship" and was held at Niigata 5-B until liberated in September, 1945.

Charles E. Reed Private First-Class Charles Edmond Reed enlisted in the Harrodsburg National Guard some time before the unit was activated in November 1940. He was trained as a tank driver. He was taken prisoner on 9 April 1942 and survived the Death March. He was held at Camp O'Donnell and Calauan where he worked on a bridge building detail. He was also held at Cabanatuan and Bilibid Prison. He was put aboard the Hell Ship Taga Maru for Moji, Japan and was taken to Niigata 5-B where he worked as a stevedore. He died on 11 August 1967.