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HILLMAN GLEN CHAMBERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1948 – July 26, 1968
Service recordHillman Glen Chambers, of Pemberton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 12
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 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Pemberton, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 12
- ROBERT MORRIS CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- THOMAS RAY COOK JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- MERLIN G CORNELIUS JRLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- PERRY ROCCO CRISEPrivate First Class · July 26, 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.