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GLENN A WESTPHAL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – April 7, 1968
Service recordGlenn A Westphal, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 49
- JAMES RANDALL WELLSLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- RALPH NORWOOD WELLSSergeant · April 7, 1968
- WILLIAM J WHITEHEADCaptain · April 7, 1968
- GILBERT WILEYLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD STEVEN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 39
- LEONARD DANIEL ERICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 40
- JOSEPH MAURICE REESPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 46
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · Panel 48E, Line 48
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 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.