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ELY GRANTHAM JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1932 – April 22, 1970
Service recordEly Grantham JR, of Magee, Mississippi, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 6, 1932
- Home of record
- Magee, Mississippi (Simpson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 35
- DONALD GARTH FISHERColonel · April 22, 1970
- JOHN BRYAN GOLZLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1970
- SEVIER GRAY JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
- STEPHEN WARREN HARRISTechnical Sergeant · April 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 37
- RAY THOMAS MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 37
From Magee
- GRAYSON CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVIS MARTINPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
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.