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GLENN WESLEY SHAFER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1945 – March 28, 1967
Service recordGlenn Wesley Shafer, of Odenville, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Odenville, Alabama (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 64
- RONALD WILLIAM PORTERCorporal · March 28, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- HOWARD STANLEY STEVENSCorporal · March 28, 1967
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.