GLENN E. EGGERS
Posted Friday, March 1, 2013 08:06 AM

REMEMBERING
GLENN E. EGGERS

 

By Joe C. Fling

Richard Lloyd Eggers had died December 5, 1943 while serving on a submarine in San Diego, California. He was laid to rest at Lakeside cemetery on December 11. Four years later, on November 10, 1947 he was joined by his first cousin, Glenn E. Eggers.

Glenn was the son of William Thomas Eggers and Mamie Anderson Waddell. He was born January 18, 1920. He attended Eagle Lake schools for several years before his family moved to Houston.

Eggers entered the army on August 15, 1940 and went over seas in July, 1944. He saw action in China with the Mars Task force of the 124th cavalry (armoured tanks). He died on May 8, 1945. and was buried back in Eagle Lake beside his cousin Richard.