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GLENDON LEE WATERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1928 – July 7, 1967
Service recordGlendon Lee Waters, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 33
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Assistant (0239)
- Born
- July 9, 1928
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 33
- JAMES FRANCIS TRITTPetty Officer Second Class · July 7, 1967
- HILARIO PIZARR VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS ROY WALSHPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- JOEL WILLIAMS JRSergeant · July 7, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.