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BENNIE JOE GRAHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1946 – March 11, 1969
Service recordBennie Joe Graham, of Decatur, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Mississippi (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 8
- EDWARD THOMAS COOPERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- MICHAEL JEROME GRUENWALDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · March 11, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD HAAG JRSpecialist Five · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PERRY LEONARD BOZEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 4
- JAMES HARRISON HORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 10
- WALTER LEE MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 12
- DEAN RUSSELL ORNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 13
- ROBIN WILLIAM RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 13
From Decatur
- WILLIS WILSON SMITH JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1968
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.