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GLENN WASHINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 10, 1948 – October 14, 1969
Service recordGlenn Washington, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operating Room Specialist (91D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 67 EVAC HOSP 44 MED BDE USARV
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 79
- MARK ALBERT BABSON JRCaptain · October 14, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SWINKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- DONALD HERMON TROTTPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- DONALD RAY WASHINGTONFireman · October 14, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.