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GLENN LOUIS SPARKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1950 – March 19, 1969
Service recordGlenn Louis Sparks, of Buena Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 84
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Buena Park, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 84
- RICHARD D SATTERTHWAITECorporal · March 19, 1969
- GENE WILLIAM SOMERS JRCorporal · March 19, 1969
- HERBERT CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Five · March 19, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR SWORDSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ENCARNACION-BETENCOURTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 80
- DEAN LEROY MOONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 81
- DONALD LEWIS OLIVEPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 82
- MERVIN RALPH RICHTERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 83
From Buena Park
- WALTER EDWIN HERRMANN IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- RONALD CARL CRAPOCorporal · February 24, 1967
- DANIEL JENNINGS HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ERV HERDERICKSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- LARRY DON BUTLERSergeant · September 2, 1968
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- PAUL EVERETT WALLLieutenant Commander · October 16, 1969
- THEODORE FRANK BEDRAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
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.