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JAMES ALBERT GLOVER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – May 31, 1967
Service recordJames Albert Glover, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 22
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CONLEYCorporal · May 31, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- CARL DAVID FLOWERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- JERRY LEONARD HOLMESPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 21
- PAUL DOUGLAS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 25
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.