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RICHARD CUNNINGHAM GLIDDEN
Captain · U.S. Army
September 12, 1936 – February 13, 1967
Service recordRichard Cunningham Glidden, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Attleboro, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 24
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- RUDOLPH FRANCIS DUNGEEWarrant Officer 1 · February 13, 1967
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- BARRY JASON GOODMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
From Attleboro
- JOSEPH ELWIN NIMIROSKICorporal · December 18, 1965
- GARY FRANCIS FLYNNLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- FRANCIS MURTAUGH DRISCOLLFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAUSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- LAURENCE OLIVER WOODSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- HUBERT DANIEL SUTTONSpecialist Five · October 5, 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.