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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Peter John Glynn.

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PETER JOHN GLYNN

Private First Class · U.S. Army

October 29, 1949 – May 21, 1969

Service record

Peter John Glynn, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24W · Line 65

Position of Panel 24W 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.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
199 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
October 29, 1949
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 21, 1969
Age
19
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 24W, Line 65

Same unit, same day

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.