Colonel Thomas Richard Glodek, USA, Ret., 77 passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018 at his residence in Collierville, TN. Colonel Thomas R. Glodek, USA, Ret. is a retired Vietnam War Veteran. He served with the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, lasting fourteen months as a military intelligence advisor and advisor to a South Vietnamese infantry battalion. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College. In civilian education, he graduated from Gettysburg College in 1963, and he received his master's in education from Boston University in 1972, and his doctorate in education from the University of San Francisco in 1982. He is survived by his son, Garron Glodek. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 11:00 am at West Tennessee Veteran's Cemetery, 4000 Forest Hill Irene Rd, Memphis, TN 38125.