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DAVID DEL GRAHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1946 – May 11, 1968
Service recordDavid Del Graham, of Cass City, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Cass City, Michigan (Tuscola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 21
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · May 11, 1968
- CALVIN LIONEL GOOCHCorporal · May 11, 1968
- MARVIN JIM HANNACorporal · May 11, 1968
- LARRY RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- REECE LESLIE MARPLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN TERRY MOORE JRSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 26
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Cass City
- JOHN PATRICK GIDDINGSSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.