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Personal info

Full name
GOSS, Glenn Wilkins
Date of birth
21 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Alamance County, North Carolina
Hometown
Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34851972
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
Dornot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 36

Immediate family

Members
Walter M. Goss (father)
Claudia V. (Younts) Goss (mother)
Elvita G. Goss (sister)
Blanche Z. Goss (sister)
Clifton W. Goss (brother)
Nannie A. Goss (sister)
Mary R. Goss (sister)
John D. Goss (brother)
Hazel J. (Austin) Goss (wife)
Glenn A. Goss (son)

More information

S/Sgt Glenn W. Goss attended high school for 2 years and was a driver before he enlisted in Fort Braggs, North Carolina on 12 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Quinlin Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Glenn A. Goss

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - American Battle Monuments Commission, www.ancestry.com - c06u1