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GARY ALVEN GLANDON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 17, 1940 – May 26, 1966
Service recordGary Alven Glandon, of Powell, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 26, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 110
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 391 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- April 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Powell, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “391 TAC FTR SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 110
- CECIL ANGUS BROOME JRStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- JAMES FERROLance Corporal · May 26, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 110
From Powell
- CHARLES OSCAR REEDPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM ELMER HAGGARDCorporal · January 21, 1970
- LENNIS CLYDE GENTRYSpecialist Four · January 22, 1970
- ALBERT RAY HANKINSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1971
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.