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CARL EUGENE GRONQUIST JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
July 28, 1935 – July 20, 1965
Service recordCarl Eugene Gronquist JR, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 70
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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- July 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 70
- DARIUS E BROWNSpecialist Five · October 13, 1966
- ANDREW CHMIELLance Corporal · October 13, 1966
- LARRY JAMES COXCorporal · October 13, 1966
- PHILLIP CARROL FOXPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH NIGROCorporal · October 13, 1966
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.