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JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1945 – January 14, 1967
Service recordJohn Frank Ray Griego, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 27
- LONNIE ALLEN FLOYDSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROGER PAUL GALLANTStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1967
- JEROME ALFRED HAGENSeaman Apprentice · January 14, 1967
- FERRELL HUMMINGBIRDLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
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.