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JAMES LEROY GRUNDY JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1937 – December 23, 1972
Service recordJames Leroy Grundy JR, of Tehama, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1972, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 104
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 23, 1937
- Home of record
- Tehama, California (Tehama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1972
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1972; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 104
- STANLEY NEAL KROBOTHCaptain · December 21, 1972
- HAROLD LOUIS MISCHLERCaptain · December 23, 1972
- HENRY JAMES REPETAMajor · December 23, 1972
- GEORGE FREDERICK SASSERMajor · December 23, 1972
- PHILIP SPRATT CLARK JRLieutenant Commander · December 24, 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.