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GARY L GRISSOM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – October 25, 1967
Service recordGary L Grissom, of Kirksville, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Kirksville, Missouri (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 68
- ALEX RAY HOUSTONCorporal · October 25, 1967
- WAYNE JOHANSONPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DEAN CHARLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 65
- CHARLES RICHARD CHRISCOESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 65
- JOHN BEN GAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 66
- CARL W OLIVERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 70
From Kirksville
- ROBERT LEE KASTERCorporal · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL HARPERSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- LESTER LEE WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1967
- LARRY EDWIN CROWSergeant · October 11, 1969
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.