WWI · Battle Death Record
George Glenn
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Service · Virginia
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- George Glenn
- Entered the Service From
- Virginia
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Service
- Unit / Regiment
- 17th Aero Squadron
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- July 20, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, Belgium
- Grave
- Plot A, Row 3, Grave 15
Their story
First Lieutenant George P. Glenn served as a pilot with the U.S. Army Air Service's 17th Aero Squadron, which flew pursuit (fighter) operations on the Western Front alongside the RAF. On 20 July 1918 he was last seen diving steeply south of Ostend, Belgium, after being attacked by a German Fokker D.VII, and was killed in action. He is buried at Flanders Field American Cemetery in Waregem, Belgium.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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