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FRANK ANTHONY GLOWIAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1946 – October 27, 1966
Service recordFrank Anthony Glowiak, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 118
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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
- January 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 118
- STANLEY SMITH COPE JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- RAY ELBERT DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1966
- EMMANUEL LLOYD EATONPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- TERRY LEE GRUBEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD CLINTON ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 120
From Plymouth
- LEONARD THOMAS BISHSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- STERLING KITCHENER COATESCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL SINKEWICZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- DANIEL ANDREW WITKOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- DAVID LEESergeant · April 22, 1969
- EDISON RICHARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
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.