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GLENN EUGENE SPRATLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1944 – July 4, 1966
Service recordGlenn Eugene Spratley, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 131
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 131
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- RAYMOND WIDMANNLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.