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JOHN PAUL GRIMENSTEIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordJohn Paul Grimenstein JR, of Oakmont, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Oakmont, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh 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 3
- RODNEY MICHAEL GOODESergeant · March 1, 1969
- JIMMY RAY GROSSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- RUDOLPH GUARDADOPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 4
- FRANK WILDERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 5
- DONALD RICHARD MAYBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 6
- STEVEN REY SEGURASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 8
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 8
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.