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THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFF
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 10, 1946 – March 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Jackson Grindstaff, of Maryville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Maryville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 99
- JOHNNY LAWRENCE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD HERSCHBACHWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1969
- ERROL ARTHUR HUGHESSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MALCOLM CHURCHLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29W, Line 95
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 99
- HERMAN EARL LASSITERStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 101
- ADGER EUGENE MOODYSpecialist Six · Panel 29W, Line 103
- BILLY DAN MURPHYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 104
- CHRIS ANTHONY SOUZACorporal · Panel 28W, Line 4
From Maryville
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD CLAY COULTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL HOPPERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 22, 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.