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JAMES EDWIN GLISSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – November 30, 1968
Service recordJames Edwin Glisson, of Benton, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 11
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Benton, Kentucky (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 11
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- JAMES HAYES HALLCorporal · November 30, 1968
- SHERLIN ANDREW HEIMANPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- JEFFREY DAVID HOUNSHELLSpecialist Four · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH KRESIC JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 12
From Benton
- JERRY WAYNE DUNIGANLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HALLStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- ARNOLD NOEL JACOSergeant · September 6, 1969
- RONNIE LEE GIPSONSpecialist Four · July 23, 1972
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.