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WILLIAM GLENN LAMBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1947 – April 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Glenn Lambert, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 8
- JOHN BARDEN HUDSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JO JENNINGSPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- CHARLIE MIZZELLE JERNIGANSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- JOHN VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES BRANAUGHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51E, Line 5
- JAMES FRANCIS MACMANUSPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 10
- ROBERT JOSEPH NOTOPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 11
- RICHARD JOHN TURBITT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 14
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.