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GLENN ALFRED CAIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1948 – December 27, 1969
Service recordGlenn Alfred Cail, of Burton, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Burton, South Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 97
- DONALD WILLIAM ATWELL JRCorporal · December 27, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD BONNERFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1969
- ERIC ALAN BOSCHPrivate · December 27, 1969
- MARK CHARLES CORBETTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · Panel 15W, Line 98
- JACK EUGENE HOLMESSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 98
- DONALD IRVEN PRINGLESergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 100
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 100
From Burton
- SIDNEY HOMER COOLERPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.