WHS Trojans Wellston High School Heroes
   Korean War   KIA  Aug 31, 1951     

      We were told, when Glennon was drafted that he did not want to carry a weapon.  He entered in the service as a "Non-Combatant". Trained as a Medical Corpsman, he was in Korea just a short time. As he landed from his helicopter
he was hit by gunfire. He was loaded back on the helicopter that brought him.     
                        
                      B & J Haefner     2007

Glennon W. Eaton '46

Born 1928
Graduated Wellston High School - 1946

Killed in Action
31 Aug 1951  Korea

With reflection we remember those
we lost and who lost so much.

With hope we sow peace and rebuild.

 


Glennon W. Eaton
 
Army, St. Louis County, Missouri
died 31 AUG 1951
38th INF Regt 2nd ING Div
KILLED IN ACTION
Records of Military Personnel Who Died
as a Result of Hostilities During the Korean War
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service Number 55103536
Killed in Action
Died August 31, 1951 in Korea

Private First Class Eaton was a medic with the Medical Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while tending his wounded comrades in Korea on August 31, 1951. Private First Class Eaton was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

 

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Glennon W. Eaton    Class of 1946

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