World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Glen Dean Faris
Hometown
Palo Alto, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN AND SERVED AS A PILOT UNDER TRAINING IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 5 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, BRANTFORD, ONTARIO WHEN HIS AVRO ANSON (RCAF 6835) CRASHED NEAR BRANTFORD ON MAY 8, 1942. BURIED AT GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA.