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RALPH THEODORE GLIM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1950 – December 15, 1970
Service recordRalph Theodore Glim, of Cheektowaga, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Cheektowaga, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 122
- ROGER WILLIAM SWEETAirman First Class · December 14, 1970
- PAUL WAYNE BURNETTSergeant · December 15, 1970
- CARROLL JOSEPH DEUSOMaster Chief Petty Officer · December 15, 1970
- WILLIAM DONALD GRIFFIN IISergeant · December 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DUDLEY YOUNGSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 124
From Cheektowaga
- RICHARD A KNAUSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL J HILBURGERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- NEIL ELLIS BATEMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- DANIEL EDMUND KLOS JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JAMES MARK SKOMSKISpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
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.