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GLENNIE WAYNE CAIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1948 – April 8, 1969
Service recordGlennie Wayne Cain, of Caruthersville, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Caruthersville, Missouri (Pemiscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 36
- EDWIN P ANDERSON JRLieutenant Colonel · April 8, 1969
- KENNETH G BLACKWELLCorporal · April 8, 1969
- ROGER DALE BRAGGPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- VICTOR JOHN CARTIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 37
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 38
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 40
From Caruthersville
- HERBERT STERLING MURFFMaster Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- WALTER CLARENCE LEEPrivate · December 7, 1968
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.