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GLENN CHARLES BAER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1948 – August 15, 1967
Service recordGlenn Charles Baer, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 111
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 111
- RONNIE D BEETSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- GEORGE ALAN ZOMBERGSergeant · August 14, 1967
- WILLIAM EMANUEL BAKERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- LARRY EARL BOWMANLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE BUTTSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
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.