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GLEN EMERY SHROPSHIRE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 27, 1946 – July 31, 1967
Service recordGlen Emery Shropshire, of Sandpoint, Idaho, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 57
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 189 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Sandpoint, Idaho (Bonner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “189 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 57
- DAVID L SCRUGGSStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- BOBBY DALE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 55
- ARNOLD OLAF NAKKERUDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 56
From Sandpoint
- JAMES ALTON LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · September 17, 1966
- WILLIAM BALT HUNTMaster Sergeant · November 4, 1966
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.