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DON LEE GRISBY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 17, 1941 – June 13, 1967
Service recordDon Lee Grisby, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 97
- JAMES LEE CUMISKEYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- SIDNEY EDWARD DENTONSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- AMBROSIO SALAZAR GRANDEAMajor · June 13, 1967
- GEORGE BURNS HAYSCaptain · June 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 99
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 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.