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DENNIS RAY GLENN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1948 – May 29, 1967
Service recordDennis Ray Glenn, of Estherville, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Estherville, Iowa (Emmet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 12
- WILLIAM HOKE FARMER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1967
- WILL LEE DENNIS FOWLERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- JOHN HENRY GARNERPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- IVAN WEBSTER GATLINCorporal · May 29, 1967
From Estherville
- DAVID LYLE MANNCorporal · June 5, 1969
- CHARLES FISHER CLENDENINSergeant · June 29, 1969
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.