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Personal info

Full name
GLADDEN, William H Jr
Date of birth
18 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
O-507650
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Moivrons, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 29 49

Immediate family

Members
William H. Gladden Sr. (father)
Maude Q. (Queen) Gladden (mother)
Maude E. Gladden (sister)
Herbert Q. Gladden (brother)
Edna E. (Bond) Gladden (wife)
William H. Gladden (son)

More information

1st Lt William H. Gladden Jr. graduated from Wofford College and was a photographer and head of the art department of Photo Process Engraving Company.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Amy Gladden Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Wofford College 1939 Bohemian Yearbook