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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 Phillip Scott Glass.

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PHILLIP SCOTT GLASS

Corporal · U.S. Army

June 11, 1950 – May 14, 1971

Service record

Phillip Scott Glass, of Mt Eden, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 3W · Line 34

Position of Panel 3W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
June 11, 1950
Home of record
Mt Eden, Kentucky (Spencer County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 14, 1971
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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What was happening

Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.

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From Mt Eden

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.