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JOHN LEONARD GRIMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1948 – May 31, 1970
Service recordJohn Leonard Grimes, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Counterintelligence Analyst (97B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 124
- THOMAS STEVEN LIPPSergeant · May 30, 1970
- ROBERT SIDNEY DUNBARCorporal · May 31, 1970
- HAROLD JOSEPH FORDCorporal · May 31, 1970
- LARRY MICHAEL GASSNERStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- JAMES DONALD GRIFFINWarrant Officer 1 · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PETER DASTOLICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 123
- LARRY MICHAEL GASSNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 124
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.