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FERDINAND W GLESSING JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1947 – January 3, 1968
Service recordFerdinand W Glessing JR, of Auburn, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COM ACT 3 MAF
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 28
- ALLEN BRUCE GLINESPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN PRICEStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
From Auburn
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- CLAUDE ARTHUR HODGEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1967
- DONALD JAMES RYANCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RHODESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- THOMAS YORK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- JOHNSTON DUNLOPStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- FRANK THEODORE NEVIDOMSKYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · August 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.