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RICHARD FRANCIS GLINIEWICZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1947 – May 31, 1969
Service recordRichard Francis Gliniewicz, of Abington, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Abington, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 26
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · May 31, 1969
- RUSSELL EVANSCorporal · May 31, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ TELLOSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN N LACHICASergeant First Class · Panel 23W, Line 28
From Abington
- RALPH GERALD HAMLIN JRPrivate First Class · November 29, 1965
- RICHARD ALLAN FITTSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- GLENN RAYMOND GORDONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- PETER BUGBEE CHRISTIANSONMajor · April 3, 1969
- ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLERSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
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.