The United States Navy Memorial

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Deceased 10/06/1943

Rate/Rank
LTJG

Service Branch

USN 00/0000 - 10/1943

Born

1917

CALIFORNIA

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

FIGHTER SQUADRON VF-16 "PISTOL PACKING AIREDALES"

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

PURPLE HEART

COMBAT ACTION RIBBON

PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION

AMERCAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

AMERICAN CAMPAGN MEDAL

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL

WWII VICTORY MEDAL

SERVICE MEMORIES

William Walter Reiter, Lieutenant (j.g.), U.S. Navy - Killed over Wake Island on October 6, 1943 during an aerial attack.

VF-16 F6F-3 takes off from USS Lexington in 1943