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MICHAEL JOSEPH GLYNN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1947 – February 28, 1967
Service recordMichael Joseph Glynn, of Lake City, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake City, Minnesota (Wabasha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 116
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES SPURGEON GOSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- TOMMY MEZZLESSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
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.