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DICK DEGRAF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1947 – July 2, 1968
Service recordDick Degraf, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 36
- ALVIN KENNETH BENCHERSergeant · July 2, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DEXTERPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE DYERSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN HAUPERTStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1968
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.