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GLEN SIMMANG IVEY
Captain · U.S. Army
June 16, 1947 – May 6, 1972
Service recordGlen Simmang Ivey, of West Point, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- West Point, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1972; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 14
- LINCOLN ROY WRIGHTPrivate · May 4, 1972
- MARVIN BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER WILESLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1972
- JOHN WADSWORT CONSOLVO JRCaptain · May 7, 1972
- JOHN MURRAY LEAVER JRCommander · May 8, 1972
From West Point
- FREDERICK HOWARD HENDERSONCaptain · November 3, 1966
- FRANCIS JAMES THOMPSONCaptain · January 24, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE SIPOSCaptain · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD ANTHONY SCULLYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
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.