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GLENN RAYMOND GORDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1948 – March 3, 1969
Service recordGlenn Raymond Gordon, of Abington, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Abington, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 23
- RUPERT WATSON GOEBEL JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT ELWIN GRIFFITHFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1969
- HARRY TODD HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1969
- MANUEL HIGUERAPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
From Abington
- RALPH GERALD HAMLIN JRPrivate First Class · November 29, 1965
- RICHARD ALLAN FITTSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- PETER BUGBEE CHRISTIANSONMajor · April 3, 1969
- RICHARD FRANCIS GLINIEWICZSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLERSpecialist Four · September 26, 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.