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THOMAS ANTHONY GRUD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1942 – December 25, 1967
Service recordThomas Anthony Grud, of Park Ridge, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Qualified Rf-4b Airborne Reconnaissance Officer (I) (7585)
- Born
- February 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Park Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 58
- DELBERT O LEWISPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- CHARLES D MCCLURGPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LARRY HUGH OERTELSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
From Park Ridge
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- ALLEN GEORGE FRENCHLance Corporal · August 15, 1966
- BRUCE JONATHAN ROTHLance Corporal · December 29, 1967
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · May 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALAN FIESTERPrivate First Class · September 8, 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.