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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: Lance Corporal Thomas D. Grinnell III
Additional Description: H&S Co., 2nd BN, 26th Marines, 3rd Mardiv, III MAF, United States Marine Corps.

October 06, 1945 to September 03, 1966

Tam attended Branchlands School then Lane High School in Charlottesville, VA. His family moved to Richmond, VA for his senior year, where he went to Thomas Jefferson High School. In 1964 Tam enlisted in the USMC. After Basic in PISC, he was sent to Communications School. As Radio Operator he was always a target due to the radio antenna. Tam was killed in action when the Jeep he was in ran over a landmine near DaNang in Quang Nam Province. He was due to rotate home in 13 days.

He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. Tam is buried in Monticello Memory Gardens between his mother and father.
Submitted: April 15, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380241
File Size: 0.980 Megabytes

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