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GLENN DALE RICKERT
Captain · U.S. Army
August 23, 1945 – May 29, 1970
Service recordGlenn Dale Rickert, of Souderton, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 118
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Souderton, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 118
- JERRY REED JOHNSONSergeant · May 29, 1970
- JOHN MARQUEZSergeant · May 29, 1970
- DALE REISINGFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1970
- RAYMOND L ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1970
From Souderton
- JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAYSecond Lieutenant · September 26, 1966
- GARY RAY BURNETTELance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- LE ROY DELANO M GARISStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1969
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.