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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Glenn Warren.

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ROBERT GLENN WARREN

Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 26, 1943 – January 1, 1970

Service record

Robert Glenn Warren, of Brooks, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 15W · Line 116

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
September 26, 1943
Home of record
Brooks, Georgia (Fayette County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 1, 1970
Age
26
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

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What was happening

19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.

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From Brooks

  • GARY PATESenior Master Sergeant · May 22, 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.