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LAWRENCE HUGH GRILLO
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 15, 1947 – May 28, 1969
Service recordLawrence Hugh Grillo, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 28, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 8
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
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 8
- JAMES LEE DREWSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- VALENTINE MARION DWORNIKSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- VALARIAN LAWRENCE FINLEYLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- EARL ARTHUR GODMANSergeant · May 28, 1969
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 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.