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RICHARD JOSEPH GRIEME
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1946 – June 20, 1970
Service recordRichard Joseph Grieme, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 72
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 72
- THOMAS LEE CUSSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH DESOCIOFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE DOBOSZPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- JERRY GUY GIBERSONSergeant · June 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK CURTIS BRANTLEYSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 71
- RONALD EUGENE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 74
- DENNIS M STOPPLEWORTHPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 75
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 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.