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Personal info

Full name
FAGGART, Gleen Albert
Date of birth
23 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Norfolk, Virginia
Hometown
Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34591191
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riguewihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 8 56

Immediate family

Members
Albert L. Faggart (father)
Mary E. (Witherspoon) Faggart (mother)
Paul E. Faggart (brother)
Marie E. Faggart (sister)
Martin L. Faggart (brother)
Katherine A. Faggart (sister)
Joe B. Faggart (brother)
Marvin W. Faggart (brother)
Helen (Medlin) Faggart (wife)
Judy L. Faggart (daughter)

More information

Pvt Gleen A. Faggart enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 22 November 1942. He trained at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Meade, Maryland.

He is remembered at the Cross of Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery in Concord, North Carolina.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Virginia, Birth Records / North Carolina, U.S. Death Certificates, 141st IR December-1944-to-end.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laurette D., Tom Faggart, B24CoPilotNiece