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GLENN RAY ETHINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – January 19, 1971
Service recordGlenn Ray Ethington, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 56
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 56
- STEPHEN ALLEN ALTSCHAFFLSpecialist Five · January 19, 1971
- JESUS ANTONIO GONZALESPrivate First Class · January 19, 1971
- RONALD DUANE ROWSEYSergeant · January 19, 1971
- WILLIAM RUIZ JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1971
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
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.