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MICHAEL A GRIEVE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordMichael A Grieve, of Hazel Park, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 716 MP BN USARV
- Born
- July 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Hazel Park, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 716 MP BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 36E, Line 11
- GUY EMERY GREENFIELDSecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES LESTER GREGORYLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- HERBERT LEE GREGORY IIICorporal · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CAREY C ANTHONYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 85
- DOUGLAS WILLIAM DOODYSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 6
- RICHARD ALAN GILLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 10
- THOMAS CHARLES HILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 14
- IVAN D HOMSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 15
- NESTOR OJEDACorporal · Panel 36E, Line 29
- TERRY LEE RIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 32
- RANDALL KARL SCHUTTCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JAMES SEIDENSTICKERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 35
- JOHN THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 36
From Hazel Park
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON LALONESpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVE SAMUEL GALLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- RICHARD LAWRENCE WOLFEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- BARRY ALAN HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- GARY CARL SEYMOURPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- HAROLD MICHAEL DAVIS JRCorporal · January 18, 1969
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.