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ARTHUR GRASSER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 9, 1933 – August 6, 1969
Service recordArthur Grasser, of Glen, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 6, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 9, 1933
- Home of record
- Glen, Montana (Beaverhead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 101
- JOHN FRANCIS CRIKELAIRSergeant · August 6, 1969
- ROY LEE FELTYSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- DAVID HAROLD FINGERCorporal · August 6, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL HASHIN JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
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.