The Wall › Panel 27W › Ohio › Glenn William Thomas
GLENN WILLIAM THOMAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1949 – April 6, 1969
Service recordGlenn William Thomas, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 27
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Comm/Nav Systems Tech, Kc-130 (6316)
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 27
- JOHN WILLIE BLACKWELLSpecialist Five · April 6, 1969
- LEO JOE SCHROLLER JRCorporal · April 6, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS WARNERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- DAVID ROGER WIGGINSSergeant · April 6, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.