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GLENN JOHN HLAVACEK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 11, 1946 – April 9, 1967
Service recordGlenn John Hlavacek, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 4
- ARTHUR A GLEASONPrivate · April 9, 1967
- DOUGLAS C HOLLANDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE HOLROYDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY CLINTON EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 2
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 3
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 5
- WILLIAM CURTIS MADISONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- DALE E MILAMSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 6
- CHARLES ALBERT STOKENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 7
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.