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JOHN M GRASSO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1943 – November 27, 1965
Service recordJohn M Grasso JR, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 1, 1943
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 115
- DENNIS LANE LONGSpecialist Four · November 26, 1965
- DENNIS FLOYD AMATOSergeant · November 27, 1965
- WILLIAM HAROLD CRISMANSergeant · November 27, 1965
- PHILLIP JOHN VANDER WEGSergeant First Class · November 27, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HAROLD CRISMANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 115
- PHILLIP JOHN VANDER WEGSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 115
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 116
- LESTER JOSEPH KERSTENPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 116
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · Panel 3E, Line 116
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · Panel 3E, Line 116
From New Britain
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · November 1, 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.