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ROBERT LEE GLASGOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1950 – July 24, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Glasgow, of West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 39
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1950
- Home of record
- West Sunbury, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 39
- GREGORY CHARLES ENGELCaptain · July 24, 1969
- LOUIS J GENESEOCaptain · July 24, 1969
- STEVEN JAMES GRECOLance Corporal · July 24, 1969
- THEODORE E GRENSBACK JRLance Corporal · July 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS M BEVERLYSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 38
- JAMES DALE EARNESTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 38
- GREGORY CHARLES ENGELCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 39
- JOHN PHELEN ROECaptain · Panel 20W, Line 41
- ROBERT JOSEPH WHITESSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 42
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.