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GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 1, 1946 – July 21, 1969
Service recordGeorge Allen Grinnell, of San Pablo, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 30
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1946
- Home of record
- San Pablo, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 30
- JAMES MICHAEL COXSergeant · July 21, 1969
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID LOUNSBURYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD DALE MCNABBCorporal · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- YOUEAL DEAN ERWINSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- JOHN T FUDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 29
- LUIS ALONZO SOTELOStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 30
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 31
- ROBERT DALE STAGGSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 32
From San Pablo
- GEORGE STEVE FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- DENNIS RAY HEIHNPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DENNIS ALBERT PRENTICESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- MORRIS ALLAN NOBLECorporal · June 17, 1967
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- LITTLE JAY JACKSONSpecialist Five · March 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN ROSEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN DAVISCorporal · August 30, 1968
- GARY DEAN HUMPHRIESCaptain · January 26, 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.