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EVERETT LEE ANKROM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1949 – April 4, 1970
Service recordEverett Lee Ankrom, of Pennsboro, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Pennsboro, West Virginia (Ritchie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 91
- MANNIE ALFRED BARBERPrivate · April 4, 1970
- STEPHEN LEE BUSBYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- CLYDE LEE COFFMANSpecialist Five · April 4, 1970
- FREDERICK W DAUTEN JRMajor · April 4, 1970
From Pennsboro
- EDWARD CODY ADAMSPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.