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THOMAS E GRIX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1946 – December 15, 1967
Service recordThomas E Grix, of New Milford, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 8, 1946
- Home of record
- New Milford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 98
- ROBERT LEE FLORESSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE FRENCH JRSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- CHARLES WAYNE HICKSSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HOUSECorporal · December 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAN WAGNER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 7
From New Milford
- LESTER GEORGE MICHELSStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- JAMES BERNARD WOODS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
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.