1LT Robert Donaldson Glessner (1919-1944)

1LT Robert Donaldson Glessner

Birth

2 Dec 1919

Rochester, Ulster County, New York, USA

Death

24 Dec 1944 (aged 25)

China

Burial

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map

Plot

Section 6 Site 9191

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A newspaper index listing indicates First Lieutenant R. D. Glessner, USAAF, lost his life over China while engaged as a fighter pilot.

Married the former Miss Eleanor Louise Wallace two months previously.

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Internment 13 NOV 1947

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Parents

Maj Hamilton H. T. Glessner

1880–1937
Helen Donaldson Glessner

1887–1974

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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
New York, U.S., New York National Guard Service Cards, 1917-1954
U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

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Helen Donaldson Glessner

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Helen Donaldson Glessner

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