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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Allen Michael Graff.

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ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFF

Sergeant · U.S. Army

July 11, 1947 – May 24, 1969

Service record

Allen Michael Graff, of Manhattan Beach, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24W · Line 95

Position of Panel 24W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
July 11, 1947
Home of record
Manhattan Beach, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 24, 1969
Age
21
Province
Phuoc Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 24W, Line 95

Same unit, same day

From Manhattan Beach

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.