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Personal info

Full name
GLENN, James R
Date of birth
3 September 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
York, York County, South Carolina
Hometown
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34031257
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
836th Bombardment Squadron,
487th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 June 1944
Place of death
Rue de Paloke
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 33 7

Immediate family

Members
William Hagood "Will" Glenn (father)
Lola (Roninson) Glenn (mother)
Martha A. Glenn (sister)
William H. Glenn Jr. (brother)
Margaret Glenn (sister)
Francis E. Glenn (sister)
Rebecca W. Glenn (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
41-28822
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Bashful Marion
Destination: Juvincourt, France
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 6263

More information

James Glenn worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 14 March 1941.

According to eye witness reports from crew members of other airplanes in the group, this B-24 was hit by flak southwest of Brussels and disintegrated in the air. Not one of the nine crew members had the chance to bail out and packed parachutes and other flying equipment were seen to fall out of the plane as it exploded. It fell in peaces near a hospice in Rue du Paloke, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

He was initially buried at the cemetery of Evere, Belgium.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.fold3.com - MACR 6263, Paul Webber/487th Bomb Group Association

Photo source: Paul Webber, David L. Steigerwald