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GLENARD JAY GREGORY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – April 20, 1969
Service recordGlenard Jay Gregory, of Shipman, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Shipman, Illinois (Macoupin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 1 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 15
- GEORGE JOSEPH PARKER JRSergeant · April 20, 1969
- SILAS WILLIAM PAROBEKPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- TYRONE JOSEPH STATENFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1969
- WILLIAM CODAR STATESStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1969
From Shipman
- DARRYL WARREN A POINTERCorporal · February 20, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN PEYTONSpecialist Five · May 7, 1970
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.