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Personal info

Full name
DEGEN, Glenn Charles
Date of birth
6 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Nickerson, Reno County, Kansas
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32987286
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 55

Immediate family

Members
Evelyne B. (Glucklich) Degen (mother)

More information

Pfc Glenn C. Degen enlisted in New York City, New York on 20 July 1943.

He graduated from Mercersburg Academy in 1943 located in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy