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DONALD MICHEAL GRALLA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – November 19, 1967
Service recordDonald Micheal Gralla, of Los Alamitos, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Alamitos, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 26
- JOSEPH GENE GREGGPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- PRELOW GRISSETTEPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JEFFREY ALLEN HAWKSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD THOMAS MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 30
- DANIEL VARELAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 35
From Los Alamitos
- JESSE JUNIOR TAYLORCommander · November 17, 1965
- BARRY WILLIAM VANHORNPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES RAY FRY JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- LEA EVERETT NIBBELINKPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
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.