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EDWARD FRANCIS GLENN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 31, 1949 – July 24, 1970
Service recordEdward Francis Glenn JR, of Levittown, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 49
- KENNETH DALE HAMMELCaptain · July 24, 1970
- BRUCE DOUGLAS KIEMESpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- EDWARD GEORGE KILUK JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM REEDMajor · July 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE FAWBUSHCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 48
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 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.