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Personal info

Full name
HUMBERT, Glenn Leroy
Date of birth
26 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Rockwood, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33259551
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Leiffarth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 3 8

Immediate family

Members
Edward Humbert (father)
Dora (Baker) Humbert (mother)
Virgil G. Humbert (brother)
Cathary P. Humbert (sister)
Helen V. Humbert (sister)
Alice Humbert (sister)
Leona Humbert (sister)
Francis Humbert (brother)
Mildred Humbert (sister)
James Humbert (brother)
Robert Humbert (brother)
Zola Humbert (sister)
Thelma M. (Beistel) Humbert (wife)
Glenn L. Humbert Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Glenn L. Humbert graduated from Rockwood High School in 1938.

He enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 22 November 1942 and Humbert left for overseas duty in September 1944 and was in England for two weeks. The family received his letters from France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. His last letter was written 27 November 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Humbert Family Tree, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Courier

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Karen Swank (niece), AnJanette Harris