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ALVIN GRIMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1944 – May 13, 1969
Service recordAlvin Grimes, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 101
- ROBERT AYERS GRUHNSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- JAMES CECIL HARPER JRSergeant · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM LYLE HAYDENPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- CLEABERN WILLIAM HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARION LORA GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 99
- LARRY PAUL JONESCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 102
- BRUCE JOSEPH MATTACorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- JOHN CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 107
- RALPH MICHAEL SANTINELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 110
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.