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PHILLIP WAYNE GRINDOL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1940 – April 25, 1968
Service recordPhillip Wayne Grindol, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 5
- ERIC FICKLINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- BILLY R GIVENSMajor · April 25, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN GRAHAMSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- HUBIA JUDE GUILLORYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEWAYNE PATTERSONCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 10
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.