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GLENN ROBERT LAWFIELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1949 – September 30, 1968
Service recordGlenn Robert Lawfield, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 48
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 48
- RONALD WAYNE LAZICKIFirst Lieutenant · September 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES MARTINSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- JAMES GREGORY MESAPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.