Veterans' Memorial Project

Glenn Lee Guthier

Chicago, IL

World War II

College: Engineering

Graduation Year: Attended 1942

Service Branch: Army

Rank: Captain

Date of Birth: 01/15/1920

Date of Death: 10/27/1944

Affiliations: Tau Nu Tau; Granada Club; A.S.C.E.; Pershing Rifles; Phalanx; Captain, University Brigade

Captain Guthier entered the Army in June, 1942, and served with the 247th Engineer Combat Battalion as a combat engineer. His Company replaced bridges destroyed by the Germans, with Bailey Bridges, as they fell back to Germany. He also commanded a Company of the Battalion that took part in the Normandy Invasion–they had been commended several times for activity under fire. He is buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, Plot E Row 3 Grave 62. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

-taken from Web site above and University records

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