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GLENN CHALFANT HOPES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 5, 1946 – December 29, 1967
Service recordGlenn Chalfant Hopes, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 94
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Waynesburg, Pennsylvania (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 94
- FRANK HAREL HENDERSONSergeant · December 29, 1967
- CLIFTON HENSONCorporal · December 29, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- ROBERT H MCWILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD M ADAMSSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 90
From Waynesburg
- ROBERT THOMAS EFAWHospitalman · August 24, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD HILLCaptain · April 27, 1970
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.