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ROBERT FRANCIS GRUNDMAN
Major · U.S. Army
September 27, 1928 – September 26, 1966
Service recordRobert Francis Grundman, of Faribault, Minnesota, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 19
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1928
- Home of record
- Faribault, Minnesota (Rice County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 19
- LAWRENCE WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- REGINALD LOUIS CONEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD LOUIS CONEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 19
- JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 20
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 20
- CHARLES WONDREWS TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 21
From Faribault
- THOMAS DELL EASTMANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- GARY LEE BURKEPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
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.