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Fankhauser, Glenn Nicholas, Sgt.
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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Jan 03, 2003
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SERGEANT GLENN NICHOLAS FANKHAUSER WORKED AS A MACHINISTS HELPER BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 27 NOVEMBER 1942. HE SERVED WITH TROOP "B" 41ST CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON (MECHANIZED), 11TH ARMORED DIVISION IN EUROPE FROM 9 OCTOBER 1944 TO 13 DECEMBER 1945. SGT FANKHAUSER WAS WOUNDED ON 25 APRIL 1945 NEAR REGEN GERMANY. ON 30 DECEMBER 1945 SGT FANKHAUSER WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE MARYLAND. GLENN FANKHAUSER PASSED AWAY ON 3 JANUARY 2003 IN FRANKLIN OHIO.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.