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LAWRENCE GARY GRASSI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1947 – February 5, 1968
Service recordLawrence Gary Grassi, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 35
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Bradford, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 35
- TIMOTHY JOHN DINEENPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN EDGARCaptain · February 5, 1968
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- WAYNE LEONARD GOLONCorporal · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN CAMPENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- LARRY VERNAL CLASPILLSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 33
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 34
- TIMOTHY JOHN DINEENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 35
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 37
- HAROLD ANDREW KRAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 37
- THOMAS ANDREW MARCHUTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 39
- JAMES EDWARD STOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 43
- WILLIAM EDWARD WESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 46
From Bradford
- MICHAEL RAY CUNEENLance Corporal · April 5, 1966
- RONALD LEE HERBSTRITTPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JAMES VINCENT RALSTONSergeant · January 19, 1967
- JAMES KEITH OXLEYHospitalman · November 30, 1967
- BRUCE ALAN COBBPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
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.