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EDWARD ELLIOTT GRABOSKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1943 – October 28, 1965
Service recordEdward Elliott Graboskey, of Paris, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Paris, Michigan (Mecosta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 1
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- FRANK DAVID GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- WILLIAM A SLAUGHTER JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
From Paris
- HOWARD RAY SPITZERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
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.