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GLENN ALLYN GORDON
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 1, 1936 – April 30, 1969
Service recordGlenn Allyn Gordon, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 84
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 1, 1936
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 84
- GERALD EUGENE GORALCorporal · April 30, 1969
- STEPHEN THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE JARVISSergeant · April 30, 1969
- GARY ALAN JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1969
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.