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AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1945 – December 6, 1968
Service recordAmedee George Granelle JR, of Montclair, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Montclair, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 49
- JUNIOR BARNETT EARNESTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- JOE JULIAN GONZALESLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
- WARREN JUDGE GOSSMajor · December 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN JUDGE GOSSMajor · Panel 37W, Line 49
- DAVID GROENEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 50
- JAMES CLAYTON KERRSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 51
- CARLOS A VELAZQUEZ-ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 53
- WILLIAM WALTER WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 54
From Montclair
- ERNEST JOSEPH HALVORSONStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- RONALD PAUL PETRICKCorporal · August 20, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE KINGLance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- JAMES RANDALL HOTTENROTHFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- LAVERN LEO SALZMANSergeant · October 25, 1967
- FRANK DAVID PINACaptain · March 1, 1968
- JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIELSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK WEAVERSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · November 21, 1969
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.