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EDDIE DANIEL GLINNEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1948 – January 11, 1970
Service recordEddie Daniel Glinnen, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 26
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH HAMRICKSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- ROBERT ALAN HARRISONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
- MICHAEL RAY JAMESCorporal · January 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MAX CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 25
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 26
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.