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FLOYD IRA GRANGER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1943 – January 9, 1969
Service recordFloyd Ira Granger JR, of De Quincy, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 60
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Born
- November 12, 1943
- Home of record
- De Quincy, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 60
- LARRY GREENPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
- BRUCE BRADLEY HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JESSE BOYD HAYESSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
From De Quincy
- REUBEN JONES JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- CLAIBORNE JOHN SKINNERLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- TRACY ROY HYATTSergeant First Class · June 22, 1970
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.