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GLEN ROBERT BARNHILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1944 – January 21, 1968
Service recordGlen Robert Barnhill, of Wilson Creek, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Wilson Creek, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 2
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- JAMES FRANK WRIGHTPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ACOSTAPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- PAUL ROBERT BELLAMYLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 4
- SEABORN DAN JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 6
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.