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GLENN PAUL MCADOO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – January 3, 1969
Service recordGlenn Paul McAdoo, of Bell, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 28
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Bell, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 28
- WILLIAM ROWLAND LIDDYCOATFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN MATCHETTPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- RONALD SMITH MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- CLIFFORD TRUMAN MULLENPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP ERNEST BENJAMINPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 25
From Bell
- WINFORD MCCOSARLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- PHILIP SMITH JRSergeant · May 22, 1968
- THOMAS GUY BURGECaptain · January 28, 1969
- CHARLES DOUGLAS ANNISLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- ROBERT D ARNALLCorporal · December 28, 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.