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EARLEY CARTER GRACE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1951 – February 18, 1971
Service recordEarley Carter Grace, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 116
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 25, 1951
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 116
- LARRY RICHARD HATTERCorporal · February 18, 1971
- WAYNE REUBEN HYATTMajor · February 18, 1971
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
- COLEY LEE KENDALLSergeant · February 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LESTER WARREN ALIPIOSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 114
- JAMES EARL AUSTINMaster Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 114
- JOSEPH GORDON BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 115
- DONALD GENE GIBLERSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- COLEY LEE KENDALLSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 116
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 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.