Glen L. Weirich was born November 12, 1922 in LaGrange County, Indiana to Harvey and Edna Miller Weirich. They had six children, Glen was in the middle with three sisters and two brothers.

He had enlisted in the United States Army and served during World War II. Weirich had the rank of Private. Service number assignment was 35544533. Attached to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as a Paratrooper.

He was a paratrooper from the 101st Airborne Division, being transported on board a C-47A Skytrain #42-100905 from the 9th Air Force. They were being flown to Drop Zone D in the morning of June 6, 1944, in support of the D-Day landings. The transport was brought down by German anti-aircraft fire west of Magneville with the loss of 18 paratroopers and the transport's 4 crew members.

His remains were either never found or never identified. As a result, Weirich was not officially declared dead until Jul. 7, 1945. He is memorialized here on the Tablets of the Missing.

Glen L Weirich is memorialized at Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England. This is an American Battle Monuments Commission location.

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