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Personal info

Full name
GILMORE, Glen Eugene "Gene"
Date of birth
15 January 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Auglaize Country, Ohio
Hometown
Mercer County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35293489
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
278th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Mehrum, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 14 3

Immediate family

Members
Elmer E. Gilmore (father)
Cora E. (Sweigart) Gilmore (mother)
Vernon Gilmore (brother)
Helen Gilmore (sister)
Raymond Gilmore (brother)
Dorethy Gilmore (sister)
Echo H. Gilmore (wife)
Carol Gilmore (daughter)

More information

T/4 Glen E. Gilmore enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 12 October 1943.

His daughter Carol was born when he was overseas. He had never seen her.

He drowned in the River Rhine near Mehrum, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Theo van Oorschot, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Neal Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record, http://foundation.sdsmt.edu/file/foundation---documents/WWII---Rhine-River-Crossings.pdf, Dagblad 'De Limburger' - 26 May 2016

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Theo van Oorschot