US PARAS Glass, Raymond Owen

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Glass​

• FORENAME

Raymond Owen​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ 3)​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant​

• NUMBER

38047015​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th April 1945​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot H, Row 3, Grave 117​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 20.03.1919 Oglesby, Texas, USA​

father Owen Glass (1894-1980)​

mother Annie Adelia (nee Linney) Glass (1894-1972)​

4 years high school​

civil occupation Farm Hand​

employed by father​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

16.10.1940 draft card Levita, Coryell County, Texas​

09.12.1941 entered service Dallas, Texas​

Next of kin - Father. Mr. Owen Glass, Star Route, Levita, Texas​

DOW Negros Island, Philippines​

awarded Silver Star​

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