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JAMES LEAR GLOVER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1947 – August 28, 1968
Service recordJames Lear Glover JR, of Hannibal, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 52
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Hannibal, Missouri (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 52
- WILLIAM MCKNIGHT JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
- MARCELINO NIEVES-COLON JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ELBERT AUSTIN PHILLIPSTechnical Sergeant · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LYNN PITTLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS HARTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 49
- MICHAEL HAMILTON TUTENPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 54
From Hannibal
- ARTHUR EDWARD HICKMANSergeant First Class · December 8, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL MOYERSPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- DAREN LEE KOENIGSergeant · April 6, 1969
- THOMAS MONTGOMERY SMITHSergeant · April 14, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · March 29, 1970
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.