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RALPH LEWIS GLOVER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1950 – January 25, 1969
Service recordRalph Lewis Glover, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 75
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 75
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEFERPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JERALD GLENN DEWVEALLFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1969
- ROBERTO DOMINGUEZSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH FOGARTY IIIPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN RAY NARCISSECorporal · Panel 34W, Line 73
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 76
- STEVEN TRACY KIELSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 76
- FERNANDO LEONARD LOZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 77
- ANDERSON DON BOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 78
- FRANK DONALD SMITHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 80
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.