William G. Rees
Hometown, StateRome, New York
Branch of ServiceArmy Air Forces
Date of Incident02/03/1943
ConflictWorld War II 1941-1945
RankSecond Lieutenant
StatusMissing in Action
Second Lieutenant Rees was aboard the USAT Dorchester when she was torpedoed near Greenland. This ship is the ship of the “Four Chaplains,” who gave away their life jackets that others might live. His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing of the East Coast Memorial, New York, NY.

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