Glen S. McCrary Collection (3614) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 36140000000
- Collection
- Glen S. McCrary Collection
- Title
- Glen S. McCrary Collection (3614) Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Date
- 2025-11-06
- Linear Feet
- 1
- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 1970 - 1971
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately one linear foot of materials documenting Sergeant Glen McCrary's U.S. Army service as an intelligence infantryman with E Company Reconnaissance, 2nd/5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (June-October 1970) and H Company Ranger, 75th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (October 1970 - March 1971) at Phuoc Vinh, Quan Loi, Tay Ninh, and various firebases throughout the 1st Cavalry Division area of operations. The materials include artifacts, photographs, clippings, and Vietnamese currency.Biographical / Historical
Sergeant Glen S. McCrary was born February 13, 1949 in Kansas City, MO. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1969. He served as an intelligence infantryman with E Company Reconnaissance, 2nd/5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (June-October 1970) and H Company Ranger, 75th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (October 1970 - March 1971) at Phuoc Vinh, Quan Loi, Tay Ninh, and various firebases throughout the 1st Cavalry Division area of operations. He received numerous awards including a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, and an Air Medal. He was honorably discharged in 1971. After his military service, he had a career as a salesman for electrical distribution equipment.- 8
- Museum Objects
3614museum7851 - Unidentified NVA medal
3614museum7852 - H Company, 75th Infantry, Airborne Ranger patch
3614museum7853 - Airborne Ranger patch
3614museum7854 - Sandal repair tool
3614museum7855 - Sandals
3614museum7856 - NVA belt
3614museum7857 - NVA belt
3614museum7858 - Tiger fatigues uniform
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- 12
- Photographs
12 photographs - captured Viet Cong photographs: Viet Cong (portraits, in a boat, sewing, in a tunnel, in the jungle); b&w; 8 x 10 inches
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- Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual Collection - M ]]
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=36140000000
- Citation
- Glen S. McCrary Collection (3614) Finding Aid, Glen S. McCrary Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=36140000000, Accessed 09 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 36140000000, Glen S. McCrary Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 06 Nov 2025 [Updated: 07 Nov 2025]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu
