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EDWIN RUSSELL GRISSETT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1943 – January 22, 1966
Service recordEdwin Russell Grissett JR, of San Juan, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 82
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1943
- Home of record
- San Juan, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 22, 1966
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 82
- PETER MARTINEZSergeant · January 21, 1966
- WILLIAM STANNARD FORMANLieutenant Commander · January 22, 1966
- GERALD H GAYLORStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1966
- PAUL STANLEY PRUSKOSpecialist Four · January 22, 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.