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Personal info

Full name
LINCOLN, Glen A
Date of birth
2 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16048653
Rank
Private
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
30 October 1945
Place of death
Near Waldenrath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Glen Lincoln (father)
Lillie Lincoln (mother)
Robert Lincoln (brother)
Mary Lincoln (sister)

More information

Glen Lincoln enlisted on 20 January 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was last seen when he came back from a patrol when the lieutenant of 1st Platoon whom he was with, stepped on an anti-personnel mine. The lieutenant was wounded and evacuated but Pvt Lincoln was never seen again.

He was officialy declared death one year and one day after the incident.

His brother Robert also served in the Pacific.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Danny Dohmen, WWIIMemorial.com, NARA, Footnote.com, Individual Deceased Personnel File of Robert W. Seeger

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Danny Dohmen