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Personal info

Full name
GLICK, Roy William
Date of birth
3 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35925330
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Montenoy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 78

Immediate family

Members
Emil Glick (father)
Esther (Grossman) Glick (mother)
Lenora Glick (sister)
Marvin Glick (brother)
Joe Glick (brother)
Marjorie (Feldman) Glick (wife)
Robert Glick (son)

More information

Pvt Roy W. Glick graduated from Senn High School in 1934. He attended Knox College for two years before transferring to Northwestern University. He was a salesman before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 4 January 1944.

He was reported missing in action on 8 October when B Company was holding defensive positions 1.5 miles north of Montenoy.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Cook County Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: -, www.knox.edu/99lives - Photos courtesy of Knox College Seymour Library, Special Collections and Archives, Galesburg, Illinois