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GLENN OWEN HELKA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1950 – September 5, 1968
Service recordGlenn Owen Helka, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 41
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · September 5, 1968
- JAMES STUART HATHSergeant · September 5, 1968
- GLEN MICHAEL HUFFMANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK JAWOROWICZCorporal · September 5, 1968
From Dearborn Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 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.