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GARY WINGATE GRIMES
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 6, 1942 – August 24, 1965
Service recordGary Wingate Grimes, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 86
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 9 3 NC BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “NMCB 9 3 NC BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 86
- DAVID EUGENE BENSONCaptain · September 18, 1965
- HAROLD ALVIN BIRDPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- LEROY HICKSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY VANWYKPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 3E, Line 40
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.