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JOSEPH KENT GRENIER
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1946 – September 4, 1970
Service recordJoseph Kent Grenier, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 4, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 37
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 37
- CRAIG THOMAS WATERMANCorporal · September 3, 1970
- RUSSELL RALPH COSTELLOChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 4, 1970
- JOSE LUNA GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1970
- WILLIAM HARPSergeant · September 4, 1970
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 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.