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DONALD CARROLL GRELLA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 1, 1940 – December 28, 1965
Service recordDonald Carroll Grella, of Laurel, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 28, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Laurel, Nebraska (Cedar County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 28, 1965
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1965; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 43
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- GERALD LOREN KUHNLYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1965
- LUIS A LICIAGA-CONCEPCIONSergeant · December 28, 1965
- EDWARD API LOVELLStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 43
- GERALD LOREN KUHNLYSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 43
- EDWARD API LOVELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 43
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 44
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 44
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 44
From Laurel
- NORMAN KERMIT FORKCorporal · September 26, 1969
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.