March’s Veteran Of The Month Served 20 Years In The Army
March 11, 2025 at 6:51 p.m.
After 20 years of active duty in the Army, the Kosciusko County Veteran of the Month for March 2025 was honorably discharged in 2021.
Veteran Service Officer Darryl McDowell presented Adam Grimm as the Veteran of the Month to the county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday morning.
Grimm was born in August 1980 in Warsaw to Alan and Linda and has one sister, Ashley. He attended Warsaw Community High School, then Grace College and joined the United States Army in 2001. His basic training was at Fort Sill, Okla., followed by his advanced training in Fort Bliss, Texas, specializing in air and missile defense. He was then assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado, in the 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Unit.
McDowell said Grimm got to see Fort Bliss three times, then going to Germany, Qatar, Guam and South Korea.
After 20 years in active duty, Grimm was honorably discharged in 2021.
“So he’s fresh, new out of the service,” McDowell said.
Staff Sgt. Grimm received several recognitions, including the Afghan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal and the Combat Action Badge “just to mention a few,” McDowell stated.
After serving his country honorably, McDowell said Grimm moved back to Kosciusko County to help his ailing mother before she died.
Though Grimm is not married and has no children, he has two nephews, Luke and Logan, and a niece, Emma, who he loves very much.
At age 44, Grimm lives in Warsaw and can be found playing competitive pickleball six days a week at various locations around the Warsaw area.
After receiving his framed certificate, Grimm said, “I don’t really have a lot to say, but I joined the Army in 2001 because I wanted to get out of here, and I never thought that I would come back, but I realized at some point that this is a great place to be. I haven’t looked back since and I love being here, and I love calling Warsaw my home, so thank you.”
After 20 years of active duty in the Army, the Kosciusko County Veteran of the Month for March 2025 was honorably discharged in 2021.
Veteran Service Officer Darryl McDowell presented Adam Grimm as the Veteran of the Month to the county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday morning.
Grimm was born in August 1980 in Warsaw to Alan and Linda and has one sister, Ashley. He attended Warsaw Community High School, then Grace College and joined the United States Army in 2001. His basic training was at Fort Sill, Okla., followed by his advanced training in Fort Bliss, Texas, specializing in air and missile defense. He was then assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado, in the 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Unit.
McDowell said Grimm got to see Fort Bliss three times, then going to Germany, Qatar, Guam and South Korea.
After 20 years in active duty, Grimm was honorably discharged in 2021.
“So he’s fresh, new out of the service,” McDowell said.
Staff Sgt. Grimm received several recognitions, including the Afghan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal and the Combat Action Badge “just to mention a few,” McDowell stated.
After serving his country honorably, McDowell said Grimm moved back to Kosciusko County to help his ailing mother before she died.
Though Grimm is not married and has no children, he has two nephews, Luke and Logan, and a niece, Emma, who he loves very much.
At age 44, Grimm lives in Warsaw and can be found playing competitive pickleball six days a week at various locations around the Warsaw area.
After receiving his framed certificate, Grimm said, “I don’t really have a lot to say, but I joined the Army in 2001 because I wanted to get out of here, and I never thought that I would come back, but I realized at some point that this is a great place to be. I haven’t looked back since and I love being here, and I love calling Warsaw my home, so thank you.”