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GLYN LINAL RUNNELS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1946 – June 30, 1967
Service recordGlyn Linal Runnels JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 90
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 90
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- WALTER WAYNE VINSONLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN BARRETTSpecialist Four · July 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN RAYE ALLENLance Corporal · Panel 22E, Line 86
- JOHN DEWEY KILLEN IIILance Corporal · Panel 22E, Line 88
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.