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WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1946 – January 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Efren Grennay, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Yen Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 71
- JEHOVAH GRAVESStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD GREENE JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS GREENEFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH E CLARKStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 67
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 71
- MARCELLO JAMES LOFAROSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 74
- RICHARD W PERDUESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 78
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
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.