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GLENN NOBUYKI NISHIZAWA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1943 – May 31, 1968
Service recordGlenn Nobuyki Nishizawa, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 15
- JOSEPH DANIEL MCNEILCorporal · May 31, 1968
- CRAIG STEVEN PETTITHospitalman · May 31, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS POWELLSergeant · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 7
- O L MIDKIFFFirst Sergeant · Panel 62W, Line 13
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 13
- SAMUEL TONY HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 16
- JOSEPH SMARSH IIPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 17
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.