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Allen Glines
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| Birth: |
Jul. 11, 1948, USA |
| Death: |
Jan. 3, 1968, Vietnam |
Sources:
PFC, Company A, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam
Vietnam Memorial
Panel 33E, Line 028
From Layton, Utah
Distinguished Service Cross
By Direction of the President of the United States the
Distinguished Service Cross Is Awarded to Allen B Glines
(Posthumously)
Rank and Organization: Private First Class, Company A, 5th Battalion (Airmobile), 7th Cavalry, 3rd Brigade, 1st Air Cavalry Division
Date and Place: 3 January 1968, Republic of Vietnam
Reason: For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam: Private First Class Glines distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 3 January 1968 as a rifleman during a search and destroy mission in Hoi An Province. Private Glines was the point position for his unit, moving ahead of his platoon as it advanced across a series of open rice paddies. Suddenly a large, well armed enemy force placed heavy fire on the Platoon from concealed positions in a woodline. Private Glines immediately charged the enemy despite the fusillade. He moved forward in the open, intent only on destroying the enemy and aiding those elements of his platoon which were pinned down in the rice paddy. His accurate automatic rifle fire permitted his trapped comrades to reach cover. Assaulting the nearest bunker, he destroyed it, killing its three defenders. He then placed flanking fire on the enemy positions in his vicinity, drawing the insurgents' fire to himself as he assaulted a second bunker. He was mortally wounded before he reached it. Private First Class Gines' extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
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Burial:
Lindquist Memorial Park at Layton |
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Carolyn Dredge (Hansen)
Allen is a deceased Army veteran who gave his life for his country in Viet Nam in 1968.
John Morrison
The summer before our junior year, Allen sold me a scooter frame for $15. We then spent weeks together assembling what would become a working scooter. The ironic thing was the day I got the thing inspected and licenced, I was riding it to a softball game and a car jumped a red light at the corner of Gentile and Main, totaling my my scooter and laying me up for the rest of the summer. I make a special trip to Allen's name on the Vietnam Memorial every time I get to Washington DC.