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GLENN EDWARD NICHOLSON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 23, 1929 – May 5, 1968
Service recordGlenn Edward Nicholson, of Red Bud, Illinois, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 24
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 23, 1929
- Home of record
- Red Bud, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 24
- JIMMY RAY MOORECorporal · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH PORTER MORROWSergeant · May 5, 1968
- LOUIS HOWARD NELSONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- ISRAEL PEREZLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER BRUMSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 6
- GARLAND GENE HALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 15
From Red Bud
- WILLIAM KARL COLEGATEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- LEON CHRIST BUEHLERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- DANIEL RAY KETTMANNPrivate First Class · April 6, 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.