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MICHAEL F GRISAFE JR
Captain · U.S. Army
February 25, 1944 – June 6, 1969
Service recordMichael F Grisafe JR, of Covina, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 86
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, Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (71980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 86
- PHILLIP D GARDNERCorporal · June 6, 1969
- DANIEL ARTHUR GATTOPrivate · June 6, 1969
- STEPHEN BURL GEURINPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- LARRY GENE GOSCHSergeant · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH HONAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 87
- NOEL FITZROY JOSEPHSSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- VICTOR BLAKE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 92
- FRANCIS LLOYD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 93
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 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.