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Personal info

Full name
TRELOAR, Glenn Ernest
Date of birth
21 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan
Hometown
Calhoun County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36898458
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Near Champs, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 8 11

Immediate family

Members
Ernest J. Treloar (father)
Agnes C. (Klinghamer) Treloar (mother)
Kenneth R. Treloar (brother)
Douglas E. Treloar (brother)
Robert Treloar (brother)
Melvin J. Treloar (brother)
Myrtle A. (Harris) Treloar (wife)
Norma J. Treloar (daughter)
Glenadine K. Treloar (daughter)

More information

The mother of his children was Myrtle (Harris) Treloar. She filed for divorce, which was granted on 4 January 1945, 3 days after he was KIA. But, she had already remarried someone in December 1944.

Pvt Glenn E. Treloar was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

His brother, Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Kenneth R. Treloar, was killed in action on 14 May 1945 in Okinawa, Japan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier