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GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1948 – September 4, 1968
Service recordGeronimo Lopez Grijalva, of Douglas, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Douglas, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 37
- DAROL EDWARD LAWRENZCorporal · September 4, 1968
- HORACE JOSEPH LEJEUNE JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- ROBERT DALE LITTERIOSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE ZEIMETWarrant Officer 1 · September 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALAN ACKERMANSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 35
- ROGER DALE BELLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 35
- JAMES EDWARD BOWDENSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 36
- ROBERT JAN COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 36
- DAROL EDWARD LAWRENZCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 37
- ROBERT DALE LITTERIOSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 37
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 38
- BRUCE JOHN GREENWOODCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 39
From Douglas
- JOSE LUIS MORENOSergeant · August 28, 1966
- ANTONIO MONTANO SALINASPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- GEORGE ROJAS YCOCOSeaman · November 24, 1967
- MARK AUGUST LAMPRECHTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- JORGE ALVARADO SILVASSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- RENE MEDEGUARIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD PARTONCorporal · July 4, 1972
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.