Vietnam war casualties - virtual wall

[American Horse]

This really is an amazing web site. Someone spent a lot of time and effort to create it.
First click on a state. When it opens, scroll down to the city and the names will appear.

Then click on their names. It should show you a picture of the person, or at least their bio and the medals they’d earned.

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[iamwhatiseem]

Thanks for sharing...this is awesome.
And your right, this took some serious time to gather and put together.

 

[American Horse]

Thanks for sharing...this is awesome.
And your right, this took some serious time to gather and put together.

It's very impressive, and seeing their pictures and their medal boards complete with the service dates, start of tour date, date of "incident" and "casualty date" makes their loss more real and moving.

Here's an example, the first one in first town in the first state, Alabama

PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Abbeville, AL
Date of birth: 08/24/1944

MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: O3
Rank: Captain
ID No: 422564518
MOS: 71542: Infantry Unit Commander (Airborne Qual)
Length Service: **
Unit: ADV TEAM 162, HQ, MACV ADVISORS, MACV

CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 09/01/1970
Incident Date: 04/16/1971
Casualty Date: 04/16/1971
Age at Loss: 26
Location: Kontum Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Misadventure (Friendly Fire)

URL: CPT Lee Eldrige Grimsley, Abbeville, AL on www.VirtualWall.org The Virtual Wall® Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

ON THE WALL Panel 04W Line 128

 

[editec]

I used to wrestle with this guy in Jr and Sr. High school.

William Gibson, PFC, Marine Corps, Easton PA, 18Jun68 56W021 - The Virtual Wall®

Nice kid.