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Personal info

Full name
FAUROTE, Glen Roy
Date of birth
28 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan
Hometown
St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36474787
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Untergriesheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 24

Immediate family

Members
Ernest C. Faurote (father)
Florence (Dow) Faurote (mother)
Martha Faurote (sister)
Mary Faurote (sister)
Isabell Faurote (sister)
Leatrice F. (Burgoyne) Faurote (wife)
Sharon L. Faurote (daughter)

More information

Pvt Glen R. Faurote was employed at the Theisen Clemens Bulk Depot before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 25 August 1944.
He was killed artillery shell fragments to his head and face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bahm DeGraaf Family Tree / Michigan Marriage Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The News Palladium 1 May 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The News Palladium 1 May 1945