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Personal info

Full name
GLOSSON, Richard Junior
Date of birth
27 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Athens, Clarke County, Georgia
Hometown
Eastoboga, Calhoun County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
14041397
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Near Girsterklaus, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 45

Immediate family

Members
Richard H. Glosson (father)
Lula L. (Cain) Glosson (mother)
Hubert G. Glosson (brother)
Thomas C. Glosson (brother)
Oza B. Glosson (sister)
James W. Glosson (brother)
William G. Glosson (brother)
Floyd T. Glosson (brother)
Francis R. Glosson (brother)
Hazel J. Glosson (sister)
Helton Glosson (sister)

More information

Cpl Richard J. Glosson joined the Regular Army at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 2 January 1941.

He was killed when the truck he was in hit a land mine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Betty P. McNeal, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hammond Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Shane O / Lostroots

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