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Personal info

Full name
GLACKIN, Joseph Lorenzo
Date of birth
19 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Montana
Hometown
Thurston County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39211542
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 8 8

Immediate family

Members
Richard A. Glackin (father)
Sarah M. (Chapman) Glackin (mother)
Matilda A. Glackin (sister)
Martha E. Glackin (sister)
Leslie E. Glackin (brother)
Anna C. Glackin (sister)
Mary E. Glackin (sister)
Susan J. Glackin (sister)
Emma E. R. Glackin (sister)
Josephine A. Glackin (sister)
Betty E. Glackin (sister)
James E. Glackin (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph L. Glackin was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Dixie Margaret Glackin Swart, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Glackin Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.wwiimemorial.com - Dixie Margaret Glackin Swart, www.ancestry.com - Glackenir