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DONALD CARYL GRANEY
Major · U.S. Army
August 18, 1932 – February 24, 1967
Service recordDonald Caryl Graney, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 83
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 83
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- GEORGE HARRY DORSEY JRCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JOBIE CLAYTON DOZIERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHNNIE LEE EVANSSpecialist Five · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWIN VANHOOSECaptain · Panel 15E, Line 87
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
- JERRY BRUCE MENANECorporal · September 12, 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.