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PRIVATE GLENN BARTL was
the son of Glenn and Florence Bartl. He was born in Pennsylvania im
1920. With brother Virgil and sisters
Gertrude and Florence, the Bartl family lived in the late 1930s at 14
West Third avenue in Runnemede NJ. His father was an active member of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Black Horse Pike Post T.F.H. No. 3324. Glenn Bartl
attended Audubon High
School, and was a member of the New Jersey National Guard. He was called
to national service in 1940. Florence Bartl passed away in 1941, and her
husband moved the rest of the family to Philadelphia sometime
after April of 1942.
Private Glenn Bartl was
stationed at Fort Lewis WA when he was accidentally shot and killed
while on maneuvers near Vancouver WA on May 25, 1943.
He was survived by his father, sisters, and brother Virgil, who was then
training at the submarine school at New London CT. He was brought back
to the east coast, and buried at Philadelphia National Cemetery, on June
25, 1943.
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