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JOHN GIRARD GLASSEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – April 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Girard Glassey, of East Meadow, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 87
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- East Meadow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 87
- ROBERT JERRY GORDONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWIN HARRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- HERBERT S HILDEBRANDSpecialist Five · April 15, 1969
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY CLYDE ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 84
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 85
- JAMES WILBERT DERBYSHIREPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 86
- MICHAEL EDWIN HARRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 87
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 87
- WILLIE BREWSTER JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 88
- LAWRENCE OSWALD KELLER JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 88
- RALPH MAYNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 89
- LARRY PETER TREGRESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 89
- ANTHONY ALPHONSE PROIETTISergeant · Panel 27W, Line 90
- PETER TERENCE RASMUSSENSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 91
- JOHN LEWIS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 91
From East Meadow
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD EVERETT FETNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 1969
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.