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JOSEPH GRISAFI
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 18, 1950 – October 3, 1972
Service recordJoseph Grisafi, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 3, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 80
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Springfield, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 80
- WILLIAM JAMES TERRYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1972
- RICHARD CARL TESSMANSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- ROBERT DALE ANDERSONColonel · October 6, 1972
- BRUCE EDWARD BOLTZEChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 6, 1972
From Springfield
- JOE RUSSELL MOSSMANLieutenant (junior grade) · September 13, 1965
- BARRY TYSON BURNITESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TIMOTHY DAVID MCHUGHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY CHANDLERCaptain · August 11, 1972
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.