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CREIGHTON ROONEY GRANT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 19, 1933 – January 30, 1966
Service recordCreighton Rooney Grant, of Belmont, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 30, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 119
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 19, 1933
- Home of record
- Belmont, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 119
- HOSY CHAPELCorporal · January 30, 1966
- RICHARD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- RUBEN DELGADOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JEFFERSON HOLDENTechnical Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
From Belmont
- DAVID HUGH HOLMESLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1966
- WALTER DONALD RAYSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- EDWARD GILBERT LEESergeant · May 13, 1968
- ALLAN JOHN EASTMANSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- ROBERT MERCHANT LARSONFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
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.