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LLOYD HAROLD GRIMES II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – September 25, 1970
Service recordLloyd Harold Grimes II, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 89
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 89
- GERALD ALLAN COOPERMaster Sergeant · September 25, 1970
- ROBERT JUNIOR FISHLEIGHChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 25, 1970
- CHARLES MAURY HALLSTROMFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1970
- JACKIE PHILLIP HEILCaptain · September 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BLANE WIRKSSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 90
- DAVID DARYL WOOTENSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 91
From East Point
- WILBUR DEAN RAINWATERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- LEWIS LEONARD SLOANPrivate · November 16, 1967
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 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.