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ROBERT WILLIAM GREBBY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – September 21, 1970
Service recordRobert William Grebby, of Walworth, Wisconsin, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 81
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Walworth, Wisconsin (Walworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 81
- TERRY LEE DEANCorporal · September 21, 1970
- EARL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- DAVID LEE HICKSSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- THIERRY TIMOTHY G MAXIMSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- WILLIAM LYNWOOD TAYLORLieutenant Colonel · September 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JESSE HODGES SRCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 80
From Walworth
- GENE B SPENCERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- KENT WILLIAM LONGMIRESergeant · April 20, 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.