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THOMAS DUANE GLAWE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1948 – June 16, 1966
Service recordThomas Duane Glawe, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 52
- IGNATIUS CARLISIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT DARLINGSeaman · June 16, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
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.