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JOE RICHARD GLASSBURN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – July 11, 1969
Service recordJoe Richard Glassburn, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 101
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 101
- ARNOLD COURTNEY HAYWARDLieutenant Colonel · July 11, 1969
- HERMAN HAZELTONSergeant · July 11, 1969
- WILLIAM CARROLL HELMSpecialist Four · July 11, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN JONES JRPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT JAMES BAKER JRCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 97
- NORMAN HUBERT BLOOMFIELDSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 98
- MARK LEROY BRUNERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 98
- RICHARD THOMAS CORRIVEAUCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 99
- ROBERT WILLIAM DEANSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 99
- THOMAS PAUL FENUSHCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 99
- CURTISS FERNHOFFCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 100
- CLAUDIE FOWLERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 100
- GEORGE HAROLD FRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 100
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 100
- ARNOLD COURTNEY HAYWARDLieutenant Colonel · Panel 21W, Line 101
- BRADLEY WILFRED KLUKASPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 102
- LARRY KEITH MOTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 102
- MARVIN KEITH RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 102
- MICHAEL FREDRICK ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 102
- BYRON DUNCAN STEWARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 103
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 103
- ALLAN COURTNEY THIBOUPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 103
- DAN BURGESS YARBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 104
- RUSSELL CHARLES YOSTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 104
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 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.