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GLENN EUGENE ANKRUM
Commander · U.S. Navy
June 13, 1928 – January 31, 1968
Service recordGlenn Eugene Ankrum, of Alexandria, Indiana, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 85
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- June 13, 1928
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 85
- RUSSELL MONROE AMOSSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CAREY C ANTHONYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR BALLINGERCorporal · January 31, 1968
- GARY ALAN BANGLOSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
From Alexandria
- JOHNNY RAY CRAWFORDStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1967
- LEONARD ALLAN ROYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS MICHEAL HIDAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
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.