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DONALD TERRY GRAHAM
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 5, 1945 – March 22, 1970
Service recordDonald Terry Graham, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 33
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 33
- RICHARD PAUL COXPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
- THOMAS ALAN DELANEYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
- NOEL AUSTIN HARRIS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES HATFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NOEL AUSTIN HARRIS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 33
- MICHAEL JAMES HATFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12W, Line 33
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.