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GLEN EVERETT ROUNTREE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1941 – January 13, 1969
Service recordGlen Everett Rountree, of Williamsburg, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 84
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Kentucky (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 84
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORRELLSergeant · January 13, 1969
- RUDOLPH PEARSONCorporal · January 13, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT SPANGLERSergeant · January 13, 1969
From Williamsburg
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR WETMORESpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- BILLY RAY SARGENTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL COLEFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1972
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.