World War II Honoree

Lyle Wayne Reab

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Giltner, Nebraska

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

He entered the U.S. Army on June 28, 1942 and was reported missing on November 9, 1944 near the city of Vossenack, Germany at the age of 22. Unidentified remains were recovered from a fox hole on the southeastern end of Vossenack in March of 1948. The remains, which had been buried as an unknown soldier in Ardennes American Cemetery in 1949, were disinterred in June of 2018 and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Base for identification. His remains were identified on February 24th of 2021. He will be buried at Lerton Cemetery near Giltner, Nebraska on June 8, 2021.