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GLEN DALE TOMEK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – April 18, 1969
Service recordGlen Dale Tomek, of Hawk Point, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Hawk Point, Missouri (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 5
- WILLIAM B WATSONPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
- FRANK CURTIS WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 18, 1969
- REX WILLIAM ACKERMANPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN AGRI JRLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN BLEYTHINGSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- ROBERT LOY HUMPHREYCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 109
From Hawk Point
- MARK THOMAS AMANNPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.