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MALCOLM JONATHAN GRIM
Private · U.S. Army
April 7, 1949 – January 23, 1970
Service recordMalcolm Jonathan Grim, of Long Branch, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 60
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powerplant Repairer (68B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Branch, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 60
- WILLIAM H BARTHOLOMEW JRStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1970
- FRANK DALE HAMMONDPrivate First Class · January 23, 1970
- DONALD JEROME RICESpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE SEMPLESergeant · January 23, 1970
From Long Branch
- DEL RAY JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- JOSE GENE ABARASergeant · February 7, 1968
- JERRY MORGAN JRCorporal · April 21, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT GRISARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 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.