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JEROME E GRUNEWALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1945 – June 4, 1968
Service recordJerome E Grunewald, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Born
- December 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 9
- MARCIAL BONDOC GARCIALance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GRILLO JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DARL KENNETH MCDORMANCorporal · June 4, 1968
- AMELIO NINOCorporal · June 4, 1968
From Sheboygan
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 1969
- ROMAN HENRY LEICHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 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.