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GLENN ELLSWORTH TRUEX
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1950 – August 26, 1969
Service recordGlenn Ellsworth Truex, of Park Ridge, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 123
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Park Ridge, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 123
- JAMES ROBERT SHIPMANPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- FRANKIE STANLEYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- RUSSELL ALLEN TAYLORCorporal · August 26, 1969
- KENNETH WAYNE WORTHLEYStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1969
From Park Ridge
- THOMAS ROBERT KYLE JRPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN MALLONCorporal · March 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BIGHAMLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- JEDH COLBY BARKERLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- KEVIN RICHARD HUMPHREYLance Corporal · November 5, 1970
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.