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RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1944 – December 4, 1966
Service recordRichard Henry Grunberg, of Hollis, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Hollis, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 10
- CHESTER LEON FREEMANSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- GERALD MONROE HUBBARDStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DANIEL M JAVAPlatoon Sergeant · December 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD MONROE HUBBARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 10
From Hollis
- ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDENLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- HENRY HERBERT MCGEEStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIERPrivate · June 27, 1968
- REUBEN MILEY JRLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 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.