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LARRY EUGENE GLATFELTER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 23, 1949 – July 22, 1970
Service recordLarry Eugene Glatfelter, of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 42
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Glen Rock, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- 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 July 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 42
- MARK GREGORY DRAPERSergeant · July 22, 1970
- DANNY JOE FRIESCorporal · July 22, 1970
- LARRY DUWAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LYLE ARCHIE KLOEKSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 43
From Glen Rock
- JOHN MITCHELL DUDLEYPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- MARTIN EDWARD BIXLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 3, 1968
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.