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Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970.
Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James A Gruezke.

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JAMES A GRUEZKE

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

October 27, 1940 – December 23, 1965

Service record

James A Gruezke, of Newberry, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 4E · Line 35

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
173 AIRBORNE BDE
Born
October 27, 1940
Home of record
Newberry, Michigan (Luce County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 23, 1965
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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What was happening

Five names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 4E, Line 35

From Newberry

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.