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RICHARD J GLENN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1944 – February 8, 1968
Service recordRichard J Glenn, of Florence, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Florence, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 28
- JAMES EDWARD GEORGE JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE GLASPERLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LE ROY ALVIN PETERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 36
- JESUS P RAMIREZMaster Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 37
From Florence
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- SAMUEL EARL COKERPrivate · November 14, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- JAMES LARRY EVANSFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DALE HODGESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.