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GLENN EDWARD ASMUSSEN
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
April 26, 1922 – February 5, 1966
Service recordGlenn Edward Asmussen, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HELANTISVBRON 115 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- April 26, 1922
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1966
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HELANTISVBRON 115 USS RANGER CVA 61”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5E, Line 5
- BENARD JOHN SPARENBERGChief Petty Officer · February 5, 1966
- FRANKLIN GODFREY TODDSergeant · February 5, 1966
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- SAMUEL LEE DELLOSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BENARD JOHN SPARENBERGChief Petty Officer · Panel 5E, Line 5
- DAN DAILY MCCONNAUGHHAYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 35E, Line 80
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.