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WALTER LEWIS GLASS
Major · U.S. Army
August 5, 1923 – February 28, 1964
Service recordWalter Lewis Glass, of Urbana, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 44
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 5, 1923
- Home of record
- Urbana, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1964
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1964. In February 1964, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 44
- BILLY MORRISON SMITHSpecialist Five · November 8, 1963
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- BERNARD FRANCIS LUKASIKCaptain · February 19, 1964
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
From Urbana
- MAYNARD JEWEL HUMESSergeant · November 11, 1966
- MAURICE ALBERT SHAFF JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- LEWIS CLAYTON CHILDRESSCorporal · November 16, 1967
- TERRY NEIL HARDIGSergeant · January 21, 1969
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
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.