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EARL GILBERT GRUBB
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1946 – May 15, 1967
Service recordEarl Gilbert Grubb, of Silver City, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 127
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Silver City, New Mexico (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 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
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 127
- JACK MARSTON HARRISSergeant · May 15, 1967
- CHARLES DALE HILLSeaman Apprentice · May 15, 1967
- NORMAN ROGER HOCKERCorporal · May 15, 1967
- LEE CHRISTOPHER JAMES JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
From Silver City
- JOHN SMITH HAMILTONColonel · April 19, 1967
- BOBBY ALLEN TAYLORCorporal · February 3, 1968
- CARLOS CRUZ AGUIRRELance Corporal · February 24, 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.