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GLOUSTER RHYNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1946 – May 24, 1968
Service recordGlouster Rhynes, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69E, Line 1
- LAWRENCE GERALD RENOSergeant · May 24, 1968
- HU BLAKEMORE RHODESChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 24, 1968
- LARRY LLOYD RILEYLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- EMMETT RUCKER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARLSONCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 5
- WILLIAM EDWARD CASSIDYPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 6
- JOHN CALVIN COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 7
- FRANK GEORGE EAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 68E, Line 1
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 3
- LARRY DEAN NOVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 5
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- JIMMY HERMAN SMITHLance Corporal · June 10, 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.