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GLENN JESSE FORD III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1944 – January 7, 1969
Service recordGlenn Jesse Ford III, of Wayne, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 47
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- November 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Wayne, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 47
- PAUL JAMES FLAHERTYPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- PAUL DENNIS FLEMINGSergeant · January 7, 1969
- ALVIN WALLACE FORDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- DAVID EIDNES GAARDERFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
From Wayne
- STEVE ORRIS IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD W VINCENTSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- BRUNO LEO MARTINPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CALVIN CARL MORGANSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RONALD WALTER SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- PETER BODO LEHMANNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · February 6, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- FRANK LEPTRONESpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- GERARD PAUL PORTAStaff Sergeant · April 8, 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.