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PATRICK MARTIN GRELLA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – October 20, 1969
Service recordPatrick Martin Grella, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 96
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 96
- MICHAEL ERWIN DAGNONSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- ALLEN WILLIAM DUMKECorporal · October 20, 1969
- CHARLES KENNETH EDWARDSCorporal · October 20, 1969
- MARTIN WILLIAM ESSARY JRSergeant · October 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP WAYNE BAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 93
- JOSEPH VINCENT CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 94
- DENNIS GAYLE HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 95
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 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.