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MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 26, 1949 – February 18, 1970
Service recordMichael Steven Gryder, of Toppenish, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Toppenish, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 28
- BRIAN MICHAEL FLANNERYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1970
- THOMAS ELDON GILLENColonel · February 18, 1970
- DAVID LEE HARDINGSergeant · February 18, 1970
- EARL FREDERICK HOFMANNSergeant · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NIXON DEWAYNE PIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 31
From Toppenish
- M D MCMICANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
- GEORGE ISAAC PADILLACorporal · January 15, 1967
- MERREL P WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- TERRY DEAN MASONSeaman · September 5, 1969
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
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.