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WILLIAM THOMAS GRUDZINSKI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1946 – October 21, 1966
Service recordWilliam Thomas Grudzinski, of Edgerton, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 21, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 94
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Edgerton, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1966; two 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 94
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- DANNY EVERETT HYDEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE MCCANNFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
From Edgerton
- GLEN ALLEN BJERKECorporal · August 2, 1967
- JAMES MARVIN DONSTADPrivate First Class · February 4, 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.