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JOHN GLOVER
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 22, 1951 – April 8, 1971
Service recordJohn Glover, of Newport, Rhode Island, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 8, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 112
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Newport, Rhode Island (Newport County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 112
- RONNIE ALLEN ROSSLance Corporal · April 7, 1971
- BILLIE JOE WILSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 7, 1971
- DENNIS RAY DEATHERAGESpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
- THOMAS LEE SONDERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 8, 1971
From Newport
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1965
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD GREENE JRSergeant · June 22, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BRAGA JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDERCorporal · June 2, 1968
- JEREMIAH JOHN SAULNIERPlatoon Sergeant · July 15, 1968
- ALFRED N POTTERSergeant · April 10, 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.