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Personal info

Full name
KIFER, Glenn G
Date of birth
19 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Hayden Lake, Kootenai County, Idaho
Hometown
Big Sandy, Chouteau County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39611063
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Saint Geneviève, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 33

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Kifer (father)
Anna K. (Meyer) Kifer (mother)
Rita Kifer (sister)
Fred A. Kifer (brother)
Anna Kifer (wife)

More information

Pvt Glenn G. Kifer was a mechanic. He was employed by the McNamara and Marlow Ranch before he enlisted in Butte, Montanna on 1 September 1942.

He first volunteered for the paratroopers but broke a leg and was send to the infantry.

He is also remembered on the American Legion memorial in the Big Sandy Cemetery, Montana and the Chouteau County veterans memorial.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Kristick Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thDivision.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – judyw, https://www.legion.org/memorials/237650/wwii-veterans-chouteau-county