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WENDELL RAY GRIZZLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1946 – October 1, 1966
Service recordWendell Ray Grizzle, of Ralls, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Ralls, Texas (Crosby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 33
- LEROY FRAZIERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- JOE C KELLEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- JOE HOWARD MOOREHEADSpecialist Five · October 1, 1966
- TRAVIS EDWARD NUNNERYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
From Ralls
- LYNN RAGLE HUDDLESTONCaptain · September 26, 1967
- RONALD GAIL SMITHEESecond Lieutenant · May 12, 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.