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BARRY WADE GRAF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordBarry Wade Graf, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 99
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 99
- JOHNNY LAWRENCE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD HERSCHBACHWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1969
- ERROL ARTHUR HUGHESSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MALCOLM CHURCHLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29W, Line 95
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 99
- HERMAN EARL LASSITERStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 101
- ADGER EUGENE MOODYSpecialist Six · Panel 29W, Line 103
- BILLY DAN MURPHYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 104
- CHRIS ANTHONY SOUZACorporal · Panel 28W, Line 4
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 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.