The Mangrum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,270 people carried this name — #7,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,062 in 2000.

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In print

Mangrum in American newspapers,
1906.

Newspaper page from The Paducah Sun carrying the name Mangrum
The Paducah Sun 1906-02-02
Newspaper page from The Paducah Sun carrying the name Mangrum
The Paducah Sun 1906-03-21
Newspaper page from The Bamberg Herald carrying the name Mangrum
The Bamberg Herald 1906-03-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,285 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Mangrum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard C. Mangrum
    Richard C. Mangrum 1906–1985 · military officer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mangrum,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States183 records

183 records of the Mangrum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 128
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lawrence E. Mangrum

    Born 1921 in Utah. Enlisted 1942 at Salt Lake City; electrician from Salt Lake County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1996, buried at Utah State Veterans Cemetery, Riverton, Utah.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Lenzie H. Mangrum

    Born 1931; from Tunica County, Mississippi. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George C. Mangrum

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1995; buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 183 records for Mangrum in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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