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DAVID CENTENO GRIJALVA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1946 – April 27, 1967
Service recordDavid Centeno Grijalva, of Santa Rita, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Rita, New Mexico (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 102
- MICHAEL GERALD HARTNETTSpecialist Four · April 27, 1967
- RANDY LEIGH HEERDTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- LARRY KEITH LEACHPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
From Santa Rita
- OCTAVIANO MARTINEZ HARVEYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- ANTONIO ALVARADO ESQUEDASpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- ANGEL ALARID QUEVEDOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1971
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.