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GLENN FREDERICK AUSTIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1947 – March 7, 1970
Service recordGlenn Frederick Austin, of Madison Heights, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 91
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
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison Heights, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 91
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- JAMES LARRY DOWNSPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
From Madison Heights
- WILLIAM A SAWYERSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE DAVID KUTCHEYCorporal · November 25, 1968
- GEORGE HARRELL STAMPSSpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- DONALD LEE KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- RONALD LESTER HUXTABLESpecialist Four · September 17, 1970
- MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- TOMMY JOE BECKERPrivate First Class · April 18, 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.