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GLENN RODNEY MEARNS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 26, 1948 – May 2, 1969
Service recordGlenn Rodney Mearns, of Hacienda Heights, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hacienda Heights, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 102
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- WAVEL WAYNE POWELLPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- TIMOTHY HOWARD PYLELance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- SAMUEL FRANKLIN RYANSergeant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE GASTELUMPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 99
- LARRY EUGENE KIGARSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 99
From Hacienda Heights
- RONALD EDWARD PENELance Corporal · September 20, 1967
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOSEPH ROBERTSCorporal · November 5, 1968
- MONICO FLORES JRLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
- RUDY RONNIE TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- ROBERT RAY HIGHFILLPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- ADRON LEE LEWISPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DAYCorporal · May 6, 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.