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CHARLES WENDLE GRIZZLE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1943 – November 10, 1967
Service recordCharles Wendle Grizzle, of Eureka, Missouri, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1967, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 66
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Eureka, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 66
- JAMES ALAN CREWMajor · November 10, 1967
- THOMAS FORD HARDINGCorporal · November 10, 1967
- ARTHUR LOREN HAWKINS JRCorporal · November 10, 1967
- DAVID EARL HELMCorporal · November 10, 1967
From Eureka
- WAYNE PETER EARL BREEDINGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- JAMES BURNEL RICE JRCorporal · February 23, 1969
- LESLIE E LIVINGSTON IIIPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
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.