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EDWARD STEPHEN GRAVES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1945 – February 27, 1966
Service recordEdward Stephen Graves, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 83
- DAVID LEE DANOWSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- RICK EDWARD KOPKACorporal · February 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN REILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 84
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.