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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Norbert Glowacki.

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DANIEL NORBERT GLOWACKI

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

November 13, 1945 – July 4, 1968

Service record

Daniel Norbert Glowacki, of Buffalo, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 53W · Line 10

Position of Panel 53W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
November 13, 1945
Home of record
Buffalo, New York (Erie County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 4, 1968
Age
22
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 53W, Line 10

Same unit, same day

From Buffalo

All 151 names from Buffalo →

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.