Lawrence Gary Grassi

Company C 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA February 5, 1968

Army - SP4 - E4

Age: 21
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jan 11, 1947
From: BRADFORD, PA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jun 14, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 5, 1968
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 37E - Line 35

Note: Gary Grassi's rank is listed with all records as being E4 at the time of his death.
However, his grave marker lists his rank as Sergeant E5, indicating a posthumous promotion.

Gary Grassi was killed in action during the Battle of Kontum City, Tet Offensive 1968,
at grid reference AR797917, approximately 3 kilometers north/northeast of Kontum airfield.

Lawrence Grassi's decorations

Lawrence G. Grassi

Photo by Russ Pickett from the Find A Grave website

Burial:
Saint Bernard Cemetery
Bradford
McKean County
Pennsylvania, USA

Grave marker for Lawrence Grassi

Photo by Carol Brown from the Find A Grave website

Grave monument for Lawrence Grassi

Photo by Carol Brown from the Find A Grave website

Top photo by Andrei Pashin C 1/22 Infantry 1968

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