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DOUGLAS J GLOVER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1943 – February 19, 1968
Service recordDouglas J Glover, of Cortland, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 19, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 21
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Cortland, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 19, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 40E, Line 21
- EARNEST WESLEY FOWLKEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOHN HERBERT GFELLERPlatoon Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT DALE GRIFFISPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SEVENTY J POLLOCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 28
From Cortland
- JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZCorporal · April 20, 1967
- THOMAS WENDELL GOODRICHLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- CARL ALVIN SHUTT JRSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- CLIFFORD LYMAN EATONPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PADDOCKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- BISHOP SKIP BARANOWSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT VICTOR MOOREPetty Officer Third Class · July 18, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · May 22, 1970
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 1971
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.