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Personal info

Full name
HUMERICHOUS, Glen Wakefield
Date of birth
3 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39205723
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Speicher, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 1 10

Immediate family

Members
Wakefield F. Humerichous (father)
Emmaline J. (Erickson) Humerichous (mother)

More information

Pfc Glen W. Humerichous attended Ballard High School and was employed at Bremerton Navy Yard.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 5 April 1943 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was wounded on 5 March and died the same day in a field hospital.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census /Headstone and Interment Records / Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934

Photo source: Peter Schouteten