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LARRY RAY GLOVER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1948 – October 7, 1969
Service recordLarry Ray Glover, of New Whiteland, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 47
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- New Whiteland, Indiana (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 47
- TERRY LEE ALBRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1969
- CLARENCE JAY HALLSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- VICTOR WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · October 7, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS KAZANOWSKICaptain · October 7, 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.