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GLEE ROY LIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1949 – May 7, 1968
Service recordGlee Roy Light, of Lewistown, Montana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 26
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)
- Born
- November 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Lewistown, Montana (Fergus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 26
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · May 7, 1968
- HARRY GLENN KOYLSergeant · May 7, 1968
- DONALD JAMES MATTARO JRCaptain · May 7, 1968
From Lewistown
- DENNIS LEE CASEYCorporal · June 18, 1967
- RICHARD RALPH KUCERALance Corporal · December 7, 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.