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Personal info

Full name
GEARY, Glenn Wilmer
Date of birth
23 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Franklin, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33395334
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 17 72

Immediate family

Members
Jacob J. Geary (father)
Ida M. (Caldwell) Geary (mother)
Elgie Geary (brother)
Carl E. Geary (brother)
Mildred Geary (sister)
Gilbert E. Geary (brother)
Margaret H. Geary (sister)
Donald H. Geary (brother)
Theda M. (Darby) Geary (wife)

More information

T/4 Glenn W. Geary was employed by the Republic Steel Corporation before he enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 14 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Cheryl's Frame Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Standard 3 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Joel Frampton Gilfert