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JOHNNY WILLIAM GLISSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1949 – September 28, 1969
Service recordJohnny William Glisson, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 16
- DONALD JESS GARVEY JRPrivate · September 28, 1969
- LONNIE LOWELL GIBSONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- EMMETT DWAINE JAMESSergeant · September 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK FRANCIS AUGUSTINESergeant · Panel 17W, Line 14
- PHILLIP BERNARD COONEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 20
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.