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JAMES MICHAEL GRIBBIN
Captain · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – March 17, 1970
Service recordJames Michael Gribbin, of Novato, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 13
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Novato, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 13
- DOUGLAS GREGORY HOWESCorporal · March 17, 1970
- MICHAEL CHARLES JACKSONCorporal · March 17, 1970
- RAYMOND SIDNEY KIPPSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · March 17, 1970
From Novato
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- MICHAEL GORDON TANDYPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- JAMES L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- JERRY G SIMSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDSCorporal · January 11, 1971
- DARYL ROY KUNZLERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 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.