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JAMES ANTHONY GRIFASI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1947 – March 26, 1970
Service recordJames Anthony Grifasi, of Tonawanda, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 46
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Tonawanda, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 46
- ROBERT FOREMAN JRSergeant First Class · March 26, 1970
- ANGELO RAYMOND MORALESSergeant · March 26, 1970
- DON MANUEL OSHELLSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
- MARVIN SHELLSergeant · March 26, 1970
From Tonawanda
- KENNETH ARTHUR VARNEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- ROBERT SMEALSergeant · March 15, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SADLERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- MARK EDWARD VANDERHEIDLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- BURTON WARD DALKESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- ALEX C SPENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 20, 1970
- JAMES LEWIS STEINKIRCHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
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.