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Personal info

Full name
HUMMER, Glenn Everett
Date of birth
9 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Hometown
Portland, Jay County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35899372
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 55

Immediate family

Members
Russell G. Hummer (father)
Nina L. (Wehrly) Hummer (mother)
Robert V. Hummer (brother)
Richard J. Hummer (brother)
Dale D. Hummer (brother)
Jerry L. Hummer (brother)
Mary K. Hummer (sister)
Maxine E. (Tullis) Hummer (wife)
Bobby Hummer (son)
Jane Ann Hummer (daughter)

More information

Pfc Glenn E. Hummer graduated from Portland High School and was employed at the Homer Evans Furniture Store in Portland before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 22 November 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Indiana Marriages / Hosler Hodsdon Hodge Purdie Tree, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Starr Press 29 November 1944

Photo source: Family collection