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JOHN ARTHUR GRINER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
June 19, 1943 – February 9, 1970
Service recordJohn Arthur Griner, of Wyckoff, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 117
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- June 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Wyckoff, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 117
- CHARLES RAY BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1970
- OSCAR JOE GOMEZSergeant · February 9, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE GRIFFINLieutenant Colonel · February 9, 1970
- THOMAS FRANK HAGENSpecialist Five · February 9, 1970
From Wyckoff
- JAMES LLOYD GIEGELLance Corporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT NICHOLAS VENNIKStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1971
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.