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JOHN ROBERT GRISARD
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – November 19, 1970
Service recordJohn Robert Grisard, of Long Branch, New Jersey, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 70
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Branch, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 70
- FERNANDO VILLASANACorporal · November 18, 1970
- ROBERT HENERSON WILSON JRCorporal · November 18, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT ASQUITHPrivate · November 19, 1970
- THOMAS RALPH BIERLINESergeant · November 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RALPH BIERLINESergeant · Panel 6W, Line 70
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMANSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 71
- STANLEY DEAN STRUBLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 72
From Long Branch
- DEL RAY JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- JOSE GENE ABARASergeant · February 7, 1968
- JERRY MORGAN JRCorporal · April 21, 1969
- MALCOLM JONATHAN GRIMPrivate · January 23, 1970
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.