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EDWARD FREDERICK GRANDPRE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 3, 1949 – January 15, 1969
Service recordEdward Frederick Grandpre, of Middlebury, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Middlebury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 7
- DENNIS MELVIN FAIRCHILDSergeant · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK WILLIAM GRESCHStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1969
- GARY LEE HEEMANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- JOSEPH EMANUAL HURNEYSergeant · January 15, 1969
From Middlebury
- THOMAS D DWYERSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.