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ANDREW CARL GRANT
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
April 28, 1931 – August 6, 1970
Service recordAndrew Carl Grant, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 6, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 87
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- April 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 87
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · August 5, 1970
- ROBERT VELASQUEZCorporal · August 5, 1970
- GARY GLEN WINTERSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- ROGER HAROLD BOUCHARDSpecialist Four · August 6, 1970
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.