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BRUCE ELLIOT GRAHAM
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 26, 1942 – May 26, 1970
Service recordBruce Elliot Graham, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 102
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 102
- DAVID JOSE GARCIASergeant · May 26, 1970
- MONTE LEROY GATESSergeant · May 26, 1970
- JAMES LLOYD GIEGELLance Corporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOSSELINLance Corporal · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY MANUEL GULLARTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 103
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 103
- DAVID KEITH JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
- EDWARD MARTIN MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
- EDWARD TERRY OBRIENChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 105
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.