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GLENN TRUMAN BRISTOW
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 3, 1946 – April 5, 1967
Service recordGlenn Truman Bristow, of Chicago Ridge, Illinois, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 101
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
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 101
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- DONALD FREDRICK THULINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- LEWIS EUGENE AVERYSpecialist Four · April 5, 1967
- WILLARD BROOKENS JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
From Chicago Ridge
- GARY LYNN TAYLORSergeant · June 13, 1969
- RICHARD SHIRMANGFirst Sergeant · November 7, 1969
- JACK RICHCARDO GILBERTSergeant · August 3, 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.