The Wall › Panel 29W › Ohio › Albert Thomas Glanton
ALBERT THOMAS GLANTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1948 – March 13, 1969
Service recordAlbert Thomas Glanton, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 29
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 29
- RICHARD LOSOYA DURANSergeant · March 13, 1969
- CLARENCE ANDREW EARLEYCorporal · March 13, 1969
- JAMES PRICE FULLERTONSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CORNELL RICHARD R CLARKESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 28
- RICHARD LOSOYA DURANSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 29
- CLARENCE ANDREW EARLEYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 29
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.