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GLENN TEUGIO SHIBATA
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 15, 1947 – March 29, 1969
Service recordGlenn Teugio Shibata, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 86
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Kealakekua, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 86
- DONALD FRANK ERVINLance Corporal · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY BRADLEY BOYDSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 79
- JOHN JOSEPH CLARKStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 79
From Kealakekua
- RODNEY JAMES TAKASHI YANOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1969
- WAYNE HOWARD HEDEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIAM GAA JRSergeant · January 15, 1971
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.