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GLENN RAYMOND GILBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1947 – August 4, 1970
Service recordGlenn Raymond Gilbert, of Voorheesville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Voorheesville, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 82
- ARTHUR FREDERICK GLEIM JRSpecialist Four · August 4, 1970
- PAUL ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · August 4, 1970
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · August 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR FREDERICK GLEIM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 82
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 82
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 82
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.