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Personal info

Full name
HAMLIN, Glenn Edward
Date of birth
30 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
11102115
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Opheusden, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 2 9

Immediate family

Members
Howard H. Hamlin (father)
Katherine L. Hamlin (mother)
Bernadine Hamlin (sister)

More information

Pfc Glenn E. Hamlin volunteered for the Army of the United States in Hartford, Connecticut on 11 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.specialforcesroh.com, www.fold3.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_hj.html, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 US Federal Census, Headstone Inscription and Interment Record

Photo source: www.specialforcesroh.com, Tim Sloots