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SHEETS, Glen Henry - Date of
birth
21 July 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado -
Hometown
Pueblo County, Colorado
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37349549 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
333rd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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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.