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Personal info

Full name
GLOD, Walter Edward
Date of birth
22 October 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Donora, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Donora, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33285534
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Near Châtenois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 40

Immediate family

Members
Frank A. Glod (father)
Anna C. (Lesniak) Glod (mother)
John J. Glod (brother)
Mary C. Glod (sister)
Agnes G. Glod (sister)
Ann C. Glod (sister)
Adele L. Glod (sister)
Pauline Glod (sister)
Charlotte Glod (sister)
Violet Glod (sister)

More information

Sgt Walter E. Glod attended college for two years and was employed at the Montgomery Ward & Company before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 27 July 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Frederick A. Lindauer Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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