The Wall › Panel 18E › Illinois › Arthur John Grant JR
ARTHUR JOHN GRANT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1946 – April 16, 1967
Service recordArthur John Grant JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 34
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 34
- WALTER ALEX CHATOS JRSpecialist Five · April 16, 1967
- VANDIVER L CHILDSCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DAVID CYRIL GLOVERStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1967
- JAMES WALTER GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.