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DONALD LEE GRUBB
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1948 – July 8, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Grubb, of Erwin, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 83
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY I FF
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Erwin, Tennessee (Unicoi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 83
- BOBBY LEE GENTRYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- WESLEY ONEAL GRANTPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- FRANK WILLIAM HUMESCorporal · July 8, 1969
- HENRY DAVID HUNTERCorporal · July 8, 1969
From Erwin
- DOUGLAS LEE JONESFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BANNISTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DAVID LEE EDNEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- ALLEN EUGENE WHITELance Corporal · November 30, 1968
- JAMES JAY BRITTCorporal · December 31, 1968
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.