Glynn G. Raby

  • ASN:
    34724738
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    November 30, 1924
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Alive
FULL NAME:

Glynn G. Raby

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

34724738

  • DATE OF BIRTH: November 30, 1924
  • DATE OF DEATH: Alive
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Memphis, Tennessee

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    March 4, 1943
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    9th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company H, 2nd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Sergeant (Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Instrument Operator
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:
In late July 1944 Glynn joined the 2nd Infantry Division near the French town of Saint-Lô. He became a member of Company H, 9th Infantry Regiment and served in the HQ section as an Instrument Corporal for the 2nd (Machine Gun) Platoon. Glynn stayed with his unit during all tough fighting since Normandy to Czechoslovakia. At the end of the war he was promoted to Sergeant. Glynn often remembers how great deal of luck he had, because he was never seriously wounded and survived the war.
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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name:
Glynn G Raby Jr

Army Serial Number:
34724738

Enlistment Place:
Ft Oglethorpe Georgia

Enlistment Date:
4 Mar 1943

Army Branch:
No branch assignment

Branch:
Army

Race or Ethnicity:
White

Residence:
Shelby County, Tennessee

Enlistment Term:
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Source of Army Personnel:
Civil Life

Army Component:
Selectees (Enlisted Men)

Level of Education:
4 years of high school

Marital Status:
Single, without dependents

Birth Date:
1924

Birth Place:
Tennessee

Source Box Number:
0840

Source Film Reel Number:
3.262

Conflict Period:
World War II

Served for:
United States of America

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