Vietnam veteran, 68, with dementia died from being body-slammed by Alabama police officer after mistakenly trying to enter home he believed was his own

Daily Mail UK ^ | April 2, 2024 | Jennifer Mcdermott

[Don W]

2020-68= 1952.

He was 21 in 1973.

[from occupied ga]

See post #20

[Deaf Smith]

The fall of Saigon was 1975, so he would have been 24.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

The fall of Saigon was 1975, so he would have been 24.

The last US unit to leave Vietnam was 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, which departed in August 1972. South Vietnam hung on for three more years after US withdrawal.

[Deaf Smith]

The US military was there for the evacuation of the Saigon embassy in ‘75.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

No, He couldn't because he died in 2020 when he was 68.

That means he was born in 1951 or 52. No later.

Unless what you are saying is that a Vietnam veteran in general could be born as late as 1958. Technically correct but highly unlikely.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Why did the UK Daily Mail publish a four old story as if it just happened?

The date when it happened is in the second paragraph. Reading the article as opposed to just reading the headline answers many questions.

The guy who did this has been hired by another police department because they are big on second chances.

[Karliner]

Maybe during the collapse or boat people evac?

[PROCON]

HA, I was in Vietnam twice, once from 4/70-4/71 in the Army as an Avionics tech and then later after all the combat troops pulled out in '73, from 8/74-11/74 working for Lear-Siegler as a US civilian contractor teaching the S. Vietnamese how to take care & maintain all the Army aircraft we left behind.

It was an interesting time and a useless time but the money was great!

[Clutch Martin]

“68 is a young Vietnam Vet.”

I was just thinking that.

Maybe he went in at 17 and was a drop out. The draft ended in ‘73(?)... my number was drawn that January and I had 2 years before induction. Then it was over I think in ‘74. I went in anyway in early 76 because jobs were drying up, I had just turned 21 and the services were having a hard time meeting quotas.

[FoxInSocks]

He enlisted in 1969 at the age of 18. He retired from the reserves in 1999.

When Grant awoke from emergency surgery and couldn't move, he apologized to family gathered around his hospital bed.

In the fog of dementia, he thought he'd been paralyzed in the Vietnam War. Grant's family decided not to correct him.

'We left it like that, we didn't know how he'd react,' his sister, Kathy Jenkins, recalled.

Grant died almost six months later on July 24, 2020, aged 69.

[Ikeon]

Leaning right is no one anyone should listen to. posts are usually in moron territory.

the guy was trying to break into a home in the middle of the night, he fought the cops.

until you find a way to identify a mentally challenged individuals who still have a drivers license.

maybe a tattoo across their forehead " mentally challenged, please dont beat me even if I try to cold cock you".

Leaning needs to go back to the bridge they crawled out from.

Why did he have a license to drive if he had dementia? - because his family didnt want to take care of him!! Drive him around, or stay with him.

[wardaddy]

Born a year before me and I was last year to register
Something amiss with headline

[Eagles6]

Yeah, doubt it.

[higgmeister]

Reading the article as opposed to just reading the headline answers many questions.

You should know by now that isn't the FReeper way.

[Blueflag]

Yeah the math isn’t working well...

[Leaning Right]

I will ignore the unnecessary personal attack and say, yes the old guy was committing a crime. The police had to intervene.

But I must point out that the old guy was badly (and probably fatally) injured when he was already in custody for some time. It happened in the hospital, not on a porch.

I cannot see where such an extreme level of force would be needed at that time. If you disagree, I would like to hear a counter-argument. Perhaps I missed something.

But please, let’s all try to follow the wishes of JimRob, the boss here.
“NO personal attacks.”

[KSCITYBOY]

very young

[PalominoGuy]

You guys are all guessing... lots of troops in Nam in ‘73 and my lifer DS was aching for one more tour.... ymmv

[shotgun]

That caught me attention too. The article says he joined the Marines in 1969 when he turned 18.