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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Cyril Glover.

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DAVID CYRIL GLOVER

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

June 29, 1936 – April 16, 1967

Service record

David Cyril Glover, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 16, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18E · Line 34

Position of Panel 18E 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. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
7 AF
Born
June 29, 1936
Home of record
St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 16, 1967
Age
30
Province
Lam Dong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 18E, Line 34

Same unit, same day

From St Louis

All 296 names from St Louis →

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.