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WILLIE EDWARD GLOVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – April 10, 1968
Service recordWillie Edward Glover, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 10
- GEORGE NOBLE DEVERALLCaptain · April 10, 1968
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM ELLERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GAULTSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- ALLEN DEWEY HANLANPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN DEWEY HANLANPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 10
- KIMMEY DEAN HOBBSSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 11
- RONALD JOSEPH WOJTKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 18
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
- MELVIN DARRYL RUMSEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
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.