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JOHN ALBERT GRABBE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 17, 1948 – March 6, 1969
Service recordJohn Albert Grabbe, of Freelandville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 54
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Freelandville, Indiana (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 54
- WILLIAM LYLE GOUGHPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- BRUCE JOHN GUEXCorporal · March 6, 1969
- GLENN BRANSON HAINES JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALEXANDER BECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 51
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 52
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 54
- WILLIAM EDMOND LEE HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 55
- ROBERT JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 55
- JERRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 56
- DAVID GLEN LOVITTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 57
- RICARDO JOSEPH ORTEGONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 58
- CLINTON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 61
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.