Individual Details
Glenn Lewis "Manny" Knerr
(22 Aug 1925 - 21 Dec 1944)
Events
| Birth | 22 Aug 1925 | Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, USA | |||
| Death | 21 Dec 1944 | Belguim |  |  | |
| Burial | Dec 1944 | Plat H Row 1 Grave 11 - the Hamm Cemetery, Luxembourg, Germany | |
Families
| Father | Lum Knerr (1894 - 1966) |
| Mother | Eva Marie Burnham (1899 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Doris Irene Knerr (1918 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Walter Russell "Russell" Knerr (1921 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Myrtle Madeline Knerr (1924 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Floyd Marshall Knerr (1928 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Bernadine Knerr (1933 - 2017) |
Notes
Death
Private Knerr was killed during World War II after parachuting to the ground during the Battle of the Bulge. He received a Purple Heart. Glenn Lewis "Manny" Knerr served in the 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army.Endnotes
1. Remembering 23 Special Montanans, Great Falls Tribune, Sun. 18 July 1982, 7-A.
2. American Battle Monuments Commission: https://www.abmc.gov/node/430931#.WMbatn-P2-c.
3. Fields of Honor Database: http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-luxembourg-g/88844-knerr-glenn-l-lux-h-1-11.