The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Manzie Glover JR.

The Wall › Panel 10E › New Jersey › Manzie Glover JR

MANZIE GLOVER JR

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 19, 1945 – September 19, 1966

Service record

Manzie Glover JR, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10E · Line 118

Position of Panel 10E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Wireman (36A)
Unit (as recorded)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
January 19, 1945
Home of record
Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 19, 1966
Age
21
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 10E, Line 118

Same unit, same day

From Elizabeth

All 27 names from Elizabeth →

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.