Sergeant First Class William Glenn Atwood 20724941

Sergeant First Class William Glenn Atwood 20724941 US Army was born on June 15, 1918, in Offerle, Kansas. He was the son of Otha J Atwood and Elizabeth Ann Ellington Atwood. He entered the US Army on December 23, 1940 from the Kansas National Guard at the age of 22. At the time of his enlistment he was 5 foot 10 inches tall weighed 140 pounds had brown hair and blue eyes. He served overseas in Combat with Company D, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. He met Irma Pangos in Italy and they married in the 1952. They had their son in 1954. They lived in San Antonio Texas. He died on September 9, 1967, in New York City, New York, at the age of 49. He died of a Military injury. He was awarded the Bronze Stare Medal,  Army Commendation Medal, Purple Heart Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Medal, The American Theater of operations Medal, European African Middle Eastern Theater of operations Medal, The World War Two Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal,  The National Defense Medal, and Combat Infantry Badge.

 

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1930 United States Federal Census

1940 United States Federal Census

the U.S., Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981

Texas, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1852-1991

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006

 

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