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JERRY FRANCIS GRAJEWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1939 – September 25, 1968
Service recordJerry Francis Grajewski, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Counterintelligence Specialist (0211)
- Born
- July 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 11
- MARK ALLEN ELLSWORTHSergeant · September 25, 1968
- ROGER ALAN FULKERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1968
- RANDOLPH CLINTON GRIMESPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- DANIEL JEROME HILTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.