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CARL WAYNE GRIMES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1941 – May 5, 1964
Service recordCarl Wayne Grimes, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flight Operations Coordinator (71P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 101 AVN BN 101 ABN DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1964
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 51
- CLAIR DUANE DOTYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
- GEORGE RICHARD GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1964
- COURTNEY PRICE HOLLAR JRMajor · May 5, 1964
- WILLIAM JOHN MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
From Fond Du Lac
- GERALD CARL CAPELLECaptain · April 1, 1965
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN KIMPELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- BLAKE HENRY HALFMANLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · October 5, 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.