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Personal info

Full name
MAKER, Glenn G
Date of birth
25 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
6911991
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 8 56

Immediate family

Members
Glenn A. Maker (father)
Mary H. (Hankes) Maker (mother)
Marion Maker (sister)

More information

Sgt Glenn G. Maker joined the Regular Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 10 March 1939. He served for five years in Panama and Iceland before he was sent to Europe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com – Kathy, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Record / Maker Family Tree / 1920 Census / Illinois Birth Certificate, www.myheritage.nl - Southtown Economist

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.myheritage.nl - Southtown Economist