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Personal info

Full name
FANSLER, Glenn Elwood
Date of birth
1 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Hometown
Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37734390
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Near Hoesdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 8 14

Immediate family

Members
Albert E. Fansler (father)
Velma M. (Spurgeon) Fansler (mother)
Eugene Fansler (brother)

More information

Pvt Glenn E. Fansler attended high school for one year and was a plastener employed by George Topper before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 14 July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten