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DANNY LEE GRIMSHAW
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 15, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordDanny Lee Grimshaw, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 43
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 27 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 BN 27 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 43
- THOMAS STEVEN GARRETTSergeant · August 23, 1968
- JOHNNIE GOODENSergeant · August 23, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM GRANT JRCorporal · August 23, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD GRANTSergeant · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RONALD GOLLINGPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 47W, Line 42
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.