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ED NATHAN LOUIS GRANT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1940 – September 4, 1967
Service recordEd Nathan Louis Grant, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 100
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 100
- KENNETH SAMUEL GIBBSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL DAVID GIBBSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ANDREW MIX GIORDANOLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS GOUCHERCaptain · September 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED FREDERICK ALVARADOSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 94
- EARL RUSSELL COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 96
- MICHAEL DAVID DECAMPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 97
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 97
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 111
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 112
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.