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MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMM
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 20, 1950 – July 7, 1970
Service recordMichael Joseph Grimm, of Carthage, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 127
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Carthage, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 127
- THOMAS DAVID GILLASPYFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1970
- BOBBY ELMER GRAYLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
- NED HENRY HARRISSpecialist Four · July 7, 1970
- DAVID MARSHALL HAVEARDLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM DAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 126
- THOMAS DAVID GILLASPYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 127
- LEWIS HOWARD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 128
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 129
- CHARLES ELBERT BEALSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 103
From Carthage
- ROBERT COLE STEWARTCaptain · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEWS JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN COLLIERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- JAMES DAVID BARRCorporal · March 18, 1968
- SHERMAN JUNIOR HUSSEYMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
- ROGER MARTIN TYNERSergeant · February 23, 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.