The Grindstaff surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,754 people carried this name — #8,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 3,813 in 2000.

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In print

Grindstaff in American newspapers,
1920–1929.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Grindstaff
Evening Star 1929-11-03
Newspaper page from The Miller Press carrying the name Grindstaff
The Miller Press 1924-03-13
Newspaper page from Mountain Advocate carrying the name Grindstaff
Mountain Advocate 1920-07-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 953 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Grindstaff,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States169 records

169 records of the Grindstaff name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 125
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 33
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles T. Grindstaff

    Born 1918 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1940 at Elizabethton; auto mechanic from Carter County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Griffith Cemetery, Whitwell, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas Jackson Grindstaff

    Born 1946; from Maryville, Tennessee. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1969 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Lloyd Isaac Grindstaff

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1999; buried at Grindstaff Cemetery, Elizabethton, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 169 records for Grindstaff in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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