Glen Flinn

Personal Information

Birthplace: Onaga, Kansas

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Mar 16, 1942

Honored By: Eisenhower Foundation

Biography

Glen Earl Flinn and his brother Orval L. Flinn were inducted into military service on March 18, 1942 at Fort Leavenworth, KS. He was then sent to Fort Roberts, CA to receive his basic training. Glen was then transferred, in turn, to Camp Cooke, CA; Camp Hood, TX; Camp Gruber, OK; Louisiana for maneuvers; Pilot Knob, CA, and then to Fort Dix, NJ for deployment. He arrived overseas somewhere in England on August 24, 1944 and saw action in France and Germany with a Tank Destroyer Battalion. Glen was killed in action in Germany on March 25, 1945. He was laid to rest in a U.S. Military cemetery at Margraten, Holland.