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GLENN ALAN TOMPKINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – March 3, 1969
Service recordGlenn Alan Tompkins, of Rock Falls, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Rock Falls, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 34
- RONALD J VANDENBERGSergeant · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM OWEN WALTERSSergeant · March 3, 1969
- OLIVER KENNETH WEBBPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- GEORGE PRESTON WHITEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROSS KENTSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 25
From Rock Falls
- DALE HENRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
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.