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MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1946 – March 22, 1967
Service recordMichael Bryan Grimes, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 28, 1946
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 19
- CHARLES HARRY HABER JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- EARLIE C HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- CHARLES FRANCIS HARRISONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- JACOB ANDREW HORNPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 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.