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Personal info

Full name
COLEMAN, Glen
Date of birth
5 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pike County, Kentucky
Hometown
Racoon, Pike County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35774232
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 34 17

Immediate family

Members
Joseph F. Coleman (father)
Isabelle (Charles) Coleman (mother)
Minerva Coleman (sister)
Willard Coleman (brother)
Edna Coleman (sister)
Lavernie Coleman (sister)
Honsell Coleman (brother)
Howard Coleman (brother)
Clearinda Coleman (sister)
Walter Coleman (brother)
Ward Coleman (brother)

More information

Pvt Glen Coleman was a lumberman before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 11 September 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kale's Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
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