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JOHN WILLIE GLADNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1950 – July 4, 1969
Service recordJohn Willie Gladney, of Albany, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 59
- PATRICK MARTIN FALLONColonel · July 4, 1969
- AMBROSE GASSAWAYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- DREW MARLIN GREENMANCorporal · July 4, 1969
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
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.