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GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordGridley Barstow Strong, of Ontario, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Ontario, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 25
- JAMES WALLACE RUDDSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN RUDD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- JOHN GATES SPINDLERSecond Lieutenant · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES STAVINOHAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
From Ontario
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- ERVIN LOVELLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · March 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.