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Personal info

Full name
GASS, Glenn Herbert
Date of birth
7 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Pullman, Whitman County, Washington
Hometown
Pullman, Whitman County, Washington

Military service

Service number
O-1315814
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Near Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 80

Immediate family

Members
James E. Gass (father)
Grace (Dean) Gass (mother)
Lois F. Gass (sister)
Virgil J. Gass (brother)

More information

1st Lt Glenn H. Gass attended 3 years of college and was a driver before he joined the National Guard in Pullman, Washington on 16 September 1940.
Citation Distinguished Service Cross:
On 24 February 1945, Lt Gass courageously led his platoon in a spirited attack against a strongly fortified enemy position in the Siegfried Line near Serrig, Germany. Wounded in the initial assault, he presses the attack in the face of withering hostile machine gun fire until wounded a second time. In spite of his wounds, this intrepid officer crawled to a more advantageous position in advance of his assault forces where he continued to direct them until the enemy stronghold was captured and consolidated. Lt Gass gallant tenacity and heroic leadership resulted in his forces gaining a secure foothold in the Siegfried Line. Although he later died of the wounds received his supreme devotion to duty lives on as an inspiration to the men with whom he fought.

Lt Gass was seriously wounded in action on 24 February 1945. He died of his wounds three days later in an Army Hospital.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Louise B. Gass, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Nancy Berger Baker Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery