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GLEN THOMAS LUNSFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1947 – February 6, 1968
Service recordGlen Thomas Lunsford, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 61
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 52 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 61
- CHARLES W LOLLISMajor · February 6, 1968
- GREGORY HOWARD LUNDECorporal · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT STEVEN LUTZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- ALVIN PERNELL MASONStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
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.