Tubbs, Glenn Ernest
Army Staff sergeant

Glenn Ernest Tubbs, age 29, from Amarillo, Texas, Potter county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, January 13, 1970
Death details: Sergeant (SGT) Glenn Ernest Tubbs entered the U.S. Army from Texas and served with Special Forces Operations Augmentation-Command and Control South, 5th Special Forces Group. On January 13, 1970, he was a member of a long-range reconnaissance patrol along the border of Cambodia and South Vietnam. His patrol was performing a stream crossing when SGT Tubbs lost his grip on the safety line and was swept away by the current. He went under the water and reappeared several times but eventually did not resurface. Two patrol members attempted to rescue him but were unsuccessful. Searches downstream and an aerial search were both driven off by enemy small arms fire without finding any sign of SGT Tubbs. His remains were not recovered. Following the incident, the Army promoted SGT Tubbs to the rank of staff sergeant. Today, Staff Sergeant Tubbs is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.

Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970), Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency