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JESUS GRIEGO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1947 – July 16, 1968
Service recordJesus Griego, of Ribera, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 39
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Ribera, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 39
- PAUL RICHARD FUSCOSergeant · July 16, 1968
- THOMAS NICKOLAS MANSORPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- ROBERT TAYLOR MCJUNKINPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · July 16, 1968
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.