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GLEN LOCKLEAR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1937 – October 11, 1967
Service recordGlen Locklear, of Pembroke, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 1, 1937
- Home of record
- Pembroke, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 90
- ISAAC PAUL HUFFMANPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- REESE ALVIN JONESCorporal · October 11, 1967
- JERRY CLIFTON LIGHTPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- ELMER WAIN MAHURINPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
From Pembroke
- BRADLEY CHAVISSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDERSON COLLINSSergeant First Class · November 18, 1967
- CHARLES HEDRIC OXENDINESpecialist Four · February 7, 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.