Linn County

Glenn Wesley Sanchez

 

Glenn Wesley Sanchez was born Nov. 22, 1907 in Chicago, IL to Felix Joseph and Adeline Hendrickson Sanchez.

Glenn W. Sanchez died Feb. 23, 1945 and is buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.

Pvt. Sanchez served in World War II with the U.S. Army 15th Engineer Combat Battalion, 9th Infantry Division and was died in the service of his country and was awarded the Purple Heart. In 1941 Glenn was listed in the Cedar Rapids City Directory as an assistant bank examiner.

Sources: ancestry.com

Photo Source: Chicago Tribune