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VIICorps LRRP - Stars Stripes 16 Feb 1960 pp. 11-12
Saturation Operations - Infantry Magazine
Saturation Operations - Infantry Magazine (text file)
1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Commanders
17th Infantry Regiment - Distinguished Member of the Regiment
3rd Infantry Regiment - The Old Guard - Distinguished and Honorary Members of the Regiment
Old Guard Association - Distinguished and Honorary Members of the Regiment
Col Grimm - Arlington National Cemetary - 13 June 2005
Colonel Philip D. Grimm, U.S. Army (ret.) who died 8 April 2005 in Williamsburg Virginia, was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, 13 July 1927, to Henry Arnold and Adelaide Kidd Grimm. Colonel Grimm spent his childhood in Wyomissing, PA near Reading. In 1944 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and attended the cadet program at Penn State University until it was terminated and he was assigned to the U.S. Constabulary forces in Germany. He was wounded in a Czechoslovakian border clash in 1946 while serving as a Platoon Sergeant with the 11th Constabulary Regiment. He was discharged in 1947 and attended the University of Nebraska from 1947-51. While there he participated in the Army ROTC program and was called back to active duty in January 1951, commissioned a Second Lieutenant and assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry, 7th Infantry Division, in Korea, as a Rifle Platoon Leader in F Company from 1951-52. Following the Korean conflict he earned the coveted Airborne wings, and Ranger tab and commanded rifle companies in the 31st Infantry Division, 82nd Airborne Division, and later the 4th Armored Division in Germany. While stationed in Germany, then Captain Grimm, organized, trained, and commanded the first Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol in the U.S. Army. Assigned to Fort Monroe in 1961, he served from 1962-64 as the Senior-Aide-de-Camp to General John. K. Waters,Commanding General, Continental Army Command. Following Special Forces (Green Beret) training, he served in Vietnam in 1964-65 as advisor to the 8th ARVN Regiment. He was assigned to the Special Warfare Staff at Fort Monroe from 1966-68 and then returned overseas to Korea to command the 1st Battalion 17th Infantry, 7th Infantry Division from 1968-1969. In October 1969, he returned to Vietnam,serving as Deputy Commander 3rd Brigade and G-2 Intelligence,1st Infantry Division, then as G-4 Logistics Officer with the 23rd Americal Division,prior to assuming command of the 4th Battalion 3rd infantry (Old Guard). His battalion command tour was marked by a distinguished record of accomplishment in distinctive small unit saturation operations resulting in the rapid reduction of enemy forces in his area of operations while reducing friendly casualties. Colonel Grimm returned to Fort Monroe in 1971, later graduating from the US Army War College, and served as Chief of Plans and Operations at TRADOC prior to his retirement in 1974. During his 30 year career he earned the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross (oak leaf cluster), Air Medal (4 oak leaf clusters) Bronze Star (4 oak leaf clusters) and numerous other awards and decorations. Upon retirement he became the American Legion Department of Virginia Adjutant, serving in that capacity for eight years, was briefly manager of the Williamsburg Airport, and later served for several years as Regional Sales Director for Valeron-GTE of Williamsburg. He was an avid fisherman, boatsman, and pilot. His wife of 41 years, Joel Bailey Grimm a renowned journalism teacher at Kecoughtan High School,preceded him in death in 1992.
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