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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Donald Nelson Glenn.

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DONALD NELSON GLENN

Hospitalman · U.S. Navy

August 8, 1948 – August 1, 1968

Service record

Donald Nelson Glenn, of Chesnee, South Carolina, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 50W · Line 42

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Hospitalman (HN)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Unit (as recorded)
2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
Born
August 8, 1948
Home of record
Chesnee, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 1, 1968
Age
19
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Chesnee

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.