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JOE WALTER GRIGSBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1946 – February 7, 1968
Service recordJoe Walter Grigsby, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 83
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES CHAPLIN HALE JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- KENNETH HANNASergeant Major · February 7, 1968
- BILLY CHARLES HAYESPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDY HOFFMAN BROCKSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 78
- ANDY PAUL CRAWFORDCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 81
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 83
- CHARLES CHAPLIN HALE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 83
- LOWEN LEON JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 3
- ROBERT RANDAL LORDSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 4
- MICHAEL JOSEPH LONGABARDISpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 5
- JAMES LARRY MCCOYCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 7
- DONALD EUGENE MOORESergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 7
- NORMAN EARL ROSE IIICorporal · Panel 38E, Line 13
- JACKIE GLENN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 14
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 19
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.