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BREDLOW, Glen William - Date of
birth
10 January 1916 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Garner, Hancock County, Iowa -
Hometown
Garner, Hancock County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37109096 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
132nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
6 December 1944 - Place of
death
The Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 13 | 18 |
Immediate family
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Members
Franklin A. Bredlow (father)
Julia C. (Borchers) Bredlow (mother)
Marvin B. Bredlow (brother)
Leroy F. Bredlow (brother)
Lorain F. Bredlow (sister)
Ronald E. Bredlow (brother)
Marjorie Bredlow (sister)
Sheryl J. Bredlow (sister)
Hazel T. Bredlow (wife)
Glenda Bredlow (daughter)
More information
Drafted and stationed in Hawaii, 1942-1943, returned to the Continental U.S. and then re-assigned to the European Theater and sent to France and Belgium. Killed in Belgium shortly before the Battle of the Bulge.Sgt. Glen W. Bredlow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Bredlow, farmer living in Liberty township southwest of Garner, died Dec 6, from wounds received in action.
His father received the telegram from the war department Monday noon. Sgt. Bredlow was believed to have been stationed in the western front in Holland. The telegram stated that a letter would follow.
Mrs. Glen Bredlow has received the purple heart awarded posthumously to her husband, Sgt. Bredlow, for military merit and wounds received in action from which he died Dec. 6, 1944. Sgt. Bredlow was in the coast artillery and was last stationed in Holland.
Mrs. Bredlow and daughter, Glenda, who was born since the death of her father, are staying at the parental Franklin Bredlow home.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - The Mason City Globe-Gazette / Family Trees
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, The Mason City Globe-Gazette 20 December 1944