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ANTHONY JOHN GRASSO
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
March 8, 1946 – August 28, 1967
Service recordAnthony John Grasso, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 57
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
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 11 3 NC BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “NMCB 11 3 NC BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 57
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HART JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- MARCUS CLAUDE JONESLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- WALTER MERL LANKFORD JRCorporal · August 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEE NEWMANPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 25E, Line 59
- RICHARD JAMES WAGERConstructionman · Panel 25E, Line 60
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.