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GLEN EVERETT OAK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1946 – July 18, 1967
Service recordGlen Everett Oak, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Marine Hull Repairman (44K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1099 TRANS CO 4 TRANS CMD 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- April 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 88
- JOHN LARRY MODGLINPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PASCOEAirman First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM VERNON POTTERPetty Officer First Class · July 18, 1967
- ANTONIO RIBERAPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JEROME SIMSSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.