Rank: Private First Class
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 24-Apr-1948
Hometown: Abington, Massachusetts
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 30-Jan-1968
Start of tour: 28-Nov-1968
Incident date: 3-Mar-1969
Date of casualty: 3-Mar-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Glenn Raymond Gordon died from wound received while on combat operation when hostile booby trap detonated. / On reconnaissance in force mission when hit by fragments from hostile booby trap.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 876 267
Place of interment: Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA
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