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GLENN ERNEST TUBBS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1940 – January 13, 1970
Service recordGlenn Ernest Tubbs, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 13, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 31
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 13, 1970
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 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 14W, Line 31
- HARVEY TYRONE PINKNEYSpecialist Five · January 13, 1970
- ROBERT GLEN POTTERSpecialist Five · January 13, 1970
- MARK PHILLIP RUDOLFSergeant · January 13, 1970
- STEPHEN GEORGE SAMPLESpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 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.