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DONALD ROBERT COLGLAZIER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – January 18, 1970
Service recordDonald Robert Colglazier, of Havelock, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 43
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Havelock, North Carolina (Craven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 43
- CHARLES RICHARD GAMBILLLance Corporal · January 18, 1970
- BILLY GERALD HARRISONCorporal · January 18, 1970
- GEORGE ANTHONY HECTOR JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1970
- DONALD LAWRENCE MARTINSpecialist Four · January 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN FRANK EDWARDSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 42
From Havelock
- WOODROW WILSONSergeant First Class · March 19, 1968
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.