Name: 1LT Glenn Jesse Ford III
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 01/07/1969 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 24.1
Date of Birth: 11/15/1944
Home City: Wayne, MI
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-165
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 35W-047
Short Summary: Crashed into a mountain during bad weather on a routine flight between Marble Mountain and Chu Lai for mail and passengers.
Aircraft: CH-46B tail number 152552
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Started Tour: 03/21/1968
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 03
Location: Quang Ngai Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
This record was last updated on 07/31/2000
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