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LEE ELDRIDGE GRIMSLEY
Captain · U.S. Army
August 24, 1944 – April 16, 1971
Service recordLee Eldridge Grimsley, of Abbeville, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 128
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Abbeville, Alabama (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 128
- JOHN LANNING WILSON JRSergeant · April 15, 1971
- REX MARTIN DANIELSCorporal · April 16, 1971
- DAVID ROSS DEKKERCorporal · April 16, 1971
- DAVID RALPH KOWITZPetty Officer Third Class · April 16, 1971
From Abbeville
- WILLIAM HERSCHELL PALMERSergeant · September 25, 1968
- WILLIE TERRY WALKER JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
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.