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GLENN ERVIN MAIER
Fireman · U.S. Navy
December 31, 1949 – July 11, 1970
Service recordGlenn Ervin Maier, of Bismarck, North Dakota, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 11, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMNAVSUPPACT SGN DET YRBM 17
- Born
- December 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Bismarck, North Dakota (Burleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 10
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- ROBERT EARL BIRKHOLZSergeant · July 12, 1970
- WILLIAM KLINE BOYERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
From Bismarck
- ROY CARL WAGNERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- CHESTER LEROY COONSPetty Officer Second Class · February 17, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ERNEST E BARTOLINA JRCaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · July 25, 1969
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
- JAMES ALAN FOWLERLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 1972
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.