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HAROLD SAMUEL GLADNEY
Private · U.S. Army
August 31, 1949 – March 5, 1969
Service recordHarold Samuel Gladney, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 44
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 44
- WAYNE GARY BERNOSKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- ANTONIO GARCIASpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JIMMIE LEE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- ALLAN RONALD GYORECaptain · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE DEE COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 30W, Line 42
- JACK PETER DELANGESpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 42
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 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.