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JOHN DANIEL INGRUM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – March 16, 1970
Service recordJohn Daniel Ingrum, of Springdale, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 6
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Springdale, Arkansas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 6
- FREDERICK EUGENE GILMANPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- BEN ALLEN HUGHES JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- JORGE V MAESELance Corporal · March 16, 1970
- LARRY OVERTON MARCHBANKPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ERNEST CORLETTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 4
- MICHAEL DE-WAYNE DAVISSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 4
- VINCENT EDWARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 5
- LOUIS CRAIG EMERYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 5
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 5
- JOSEPH ELISIO ORLANDI JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 8
From Springdale
- RONALD L ROEHRICHLieutenant (junior grade) · January 18, 1968
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.