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EDGAR JOSEPH GRISMER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1949 – September 7, 1968
Service recordEdgar Joseph Grismer, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 62
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 62
- ROBERT BRUCE GILRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
- CARL NICHOLAS M HORNERCorporal · September 7, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CARLTON BROWNCaptain · Panel 45W, Line 60
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 61
- ROBERT BRUCE GILRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 62
- DAVID RAY KARRSergeant First Class · Panel 45W, Line 63
- STEVEN ANDREW WINTERSCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 64
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.