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HAYLEN FOSTER GLENN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1949 – October 30, 1970
Service recordHaylen Foster Glenn, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Subsistence Supply Specialist (76X)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 28
- JAMES ANTHONY QUINNCorporal · October 29, 1970
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 1970
- CLIFFORD GERALD BURDETTELance Corporal · October 30, 1970
- PETER BRUCE STADDONPrivate First Class · October 30, 1970
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 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.