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JON LESLIE GRIMMETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – January 24, 1968
Service recordJon Leslie Grimmett, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 21
- WAYNE CECIEL CHITWOODCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT FAVORPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- KENNETH RAY GAYSpecialist Five · January 24, 1968
- KENNETH VIRGIL GOODMANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT FAVORPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 21
- GEORGE JOSEPH HOLLY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 22
- FERDINAND J KORNICK JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 23
- WILLIAM W MCCLENDON JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 25
- ERNEST PATRICK PALCICSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 26
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.