PVT Glenwood Ernest Treloar

Today we honor and remember PVT Glenwood Ernest Treloar of the 101st Airborne Division, who was killed in The Battle of the Bulge.

At the start of the New Year, the Germans were building up forces to the north and both sides of Bastogne, as General Von Rundstedt feared General Patton’s 3rd Army approaching from the south. Patton’s army concerned the greatest threat to his communications and line of withdrawal and Von Rundstedt was preparing his troops to work on that threat.

According to the book, A Rendezvous with Destiny, by Rapport and Norwood,

“New Year’s Day was quiet enough, though occasional paratroopers and glidermen continued to meet death or wounds in sporadic frontline brushes.”

One of the paratroopers who was killed in action during one of the clashes of that day near Champs, Belgium, was PVT Glenwood Ernest Treloar from George Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment. PVT Treloar was a replacement who had just recently joined the company a month earlier, on November 30, 1944.

Another Screaming Eagle had soared to the ultimate height. 🦅

Glenn Treloar was born in Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, on November 21, 1916. He registered for the draft in his hometown on October 16, 1940.

Glenn married Myrtle A. Harris in Bessemer, Gogebic County, Michigan, on June 20, 1937. Their marriage was blessed with two daughters, Norma Jean and Glenadine, who were 7 and 3 years old when they lost their father. Their parents must have separated, as Myrtle married Walter E. Pound in January 1944.

Besides his ex-wife and two little daughters, he left behind his mother Agnes C. (Klingkammer) Treloar, and three brothers, Robert, Douglas, and Melvin. His father Ernest J. Treloar had passed away on November 27, 1944, when Glenn was about to join the 502nd in Mourmelon, France. His younger brother, Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Kenneth R. Treloar, died in battle on May 14, 1945. He was first buried at Okinawa, Japan, and would later be re-buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.

PVT Glenn E. Treloar was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France, at Section D, Row 2, Grave 37. He rests eternally at the American War Cemetery Luxembourg, at Plot I, Row 8, Grave 11. He was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart Medal.

Lest we forget! 🇺🇸