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HERBERT JAY GLAZER
Captain · U.S. Army
May 11, 1940 – September 7, 1968
Service recordHerbert Jay Glazer, of White Plains, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 62
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1940
- Home of record
- White Plains, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 62
- ROBERT BRUCE GILRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1968
- EDGAR JOSEPH GRISMERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1968
- CARL NICHOLAS M HORNERCorporal · September 7, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · September 7, 1968
From White Plains
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JRCaptain · May 9, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 1969
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.