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EDWARD GLENN HUNTLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1949 – May 14, 1970
Service recordEdward Glenn Huntley, of Du Quoin, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Du Quoin, Illinois (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 41
- DAVID ROBERT GOLLSpecialist Five · May 14, 1970
- RAYMOND HENRY KRUG JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 14, 1970
- DONALD G KUZILLASergeant · May 14, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN LARKIN IICaptain · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 38
- WILLIAM JACKSON BREWER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 39
- ROBERT K EVEREST IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 39
- LAWRENCE RAYMOND GEIGERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 40
- KENNETH MARION WALLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 44
From Du Quoin
- CECIL EVERETT DORSEYPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- GLENN REVELLELance Corporal · September 11, 1967
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.