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Personal info

Full name
SHEETS, Glen Henry
Date of birth
21 July 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
Hometown
Pueblo County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37349549
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
333rd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
26 July 1943
Place of death
Isle of Sylt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Blake B. Sheets (father)
Nellie F. (Baker) Sheets (mother)
Dan E. Sheets (brother)
Mary A. Sheets (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3280
Data
Type: B17F
Destination: Hannover, Germany
MACR: 84

More information

T/Sgt Glen H. Sheets graduated from Central High School in 1938 and was employed at Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.

He enlisted on 20 June 1942 in Pueblo, Colorado.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com,
1930 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ria Besseling.