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JOHN ANTHONY GLORIOSO
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Anthony Glorioso, of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Lansdale, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 13
- EDDIE AUGUSTUS GARDNERCorporal · April 30, 1968
- MARCELLO C GARZA JRCorporal · April 30, 1968
- CARL REED GIBSONSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- ROY LEE GIBSONSergeant · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NICHOLAS LE HOLLINGSWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 15
From Lansdale
- ARMAND JAMES AUFIEREPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- MARK THOMAS LINDERMANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- GEORGE EVERETT SHADEHospitalman · October 13, 1967
- PAUL DEIHL WOLFSergeant · May 9, 1968
- WILLIAM ELWOOD HANNINGSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- RONALD JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · August 4, 1968
- ANDREW MARK PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- ALBERT MAURICE FINNFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 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.