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WILLIAM HAROLD GLASPIE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1947 – June 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Harold Glaspie, of Fresno, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 13
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- PATRICK OSBORNE FORDPetty Officer Second Class · June 21, 1968
- JOHNNIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- RUDOLPH JENNINGSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 11
- TERRY LEE FETZERCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 12
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 13
- JOHNNIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 13
- BRADLEY JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 14
- DAVID LETCHER MCDONALDSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 14
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 15
- RICHARD LOUIS TIRICOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 16
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.