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DAVID BRUCE GRAHAM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1948 – February 8, 1969
Service recordDavid Bruce Graham, of Ventura, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 85
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- November 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 85
- DAVID PETER HAEGELESpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- LAWRENCE CHESTER HAWLEYPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- RODGER DALE HOWARDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SMITHSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 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.