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LOWELL THOMAS GLOSSUP
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1934 – May 20, 1971
Service recordLowell Thomas Glossup, of Pulaski, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1971, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 20, 1934
- Home of record
- Pulaski, Tennessee (Giles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 42
- JAMES DANIEL AGUILARSpecialist Four · May 20, 1971
- ROBERT GRAHAM BRUCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 20, 1971
- SCOTT HERBERT NEWPORTCaptain · May 20, 1971
- TERRANCE RICHARD SCHENESpecialist Four · May 20, 1971
From Pulaski
- BYRON DWAYNE HAMLETTSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
- HOWARD PALMA PETTYLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MCELROYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- LEONARD DWIGHT CUNNINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 12, 1970
- JOHNIE KENNETH WOODARDSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
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.