Name: 1LT David Lawrence Gloer
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 07/21/1968 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 25.8
Date of Birth: 09/23/1942
Home City: Sibley, LA
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HML-167
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 51W-026
Short Summary: Received automatic weapons fire during a recon mission, crashed and burned.
Aircraft: UH-1E tail number 154962
Call sign: Comprise
Service number: 094725
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7563 = Pilot UH-1N Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 11/14/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 02
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
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