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Contact Info
Home Town Pierce
Date of Passing Dec 16, 2001
Location of Interment Grafton National Cemetery (VA) - Grafton, West Virginia
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS GLEN J. "WIMPY" EICHELBERGER WAS A TRUCK DRIVER BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE USAAF ON 17 MARCH 1942. HE WAS ASSIGNED AS A CHAUFFEUR WITH THE 324TH FIGHTER GROUP IN EUROPE FROM 8 NOVEMBER 1942 TO 17 SEPTEMBER 1945.
Other Comments:
Glen J. "Wimpy" Eichelberger, of Wheeling, died Dec. 16 2001, unexpectedly at home .He was born Dec. 25 1919 at Pierce Tucker County, West Virginia. Surviving are a son, Sam (and Rosalind) Eichelberger of Thomas; a brother, Harry Eichelberger of Silver Springs, CO; a sister Mary Callis of Oakland; two grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; several nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents, Glen and Bessie Tasker Eichelberger; wife, Camella Lamont Eichelberger; stepmother Ruth Eichelberger; a sister, Geraldine Turney; several stepbrothers and stepsisters. He was a retired truck driver and heavy equipment operator; an Army veteran of World War II; a Catholic by faith; a member of American Legion, Post 22, Thomas, and a 20 year volunteer for the House of Carpenter, Wheeling. Friends were received at Altmeyer Funeral Home, Wheeling, where services will be held at 10 am today, Wednesday, Dec. 19. Interment in Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, will be held at the convenience of the family.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Sicily Campaign (1943)
From Month/Year
July / 1943
To Month/Year
August / 1943
Description (Sicily Campaign 9 July to 17 August 1943) In preparation for the invasion of Sicily the Allies captured the islands in the Sicilian strait, with aerial bombardment forcing the capitulation of Pantelleria on 11 June 1943. By that time Allied air power had begun the attack on Sicily by bombing defenses and airfields. The invasion itself got under way on the night of 9/10 July with airborne landings that were followed the next day by an amphibious assault. The enemy offered strong resistance, but the Allies had superiority in the air and soon had planes operating from Sicilian bases to support Montgomery’s Eighth Army and Patton’s Seventh.
Interdictory operations against communications in Italy and between Italy and Sicily convinced the enemy that it would be impossible to move strong reinforcements. By 17 August 1943 the Allies were in possession of the island, but they had not been able to prevent a German evacuation across the Strait of Messina.
