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MICHAEL JOHN GRECU
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1950 – August 22, 1969
Service recordMichael John Grecu, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- April 24, 1950
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 93
- BERTRAND RONALD GAGNEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- DENNIS ALBERT GATTIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- LAWRENCE RAY GOODMAN JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL HILLSergeant · August 22, 1969
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.