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GENTRY GRAHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1942 – February 24, 1966
Service recordGentry Graham, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 72
- FLOYD STEVE HARMONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- RAYMOND HARRY HETRICKCaptain · February 24, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MARSHALLPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY E BOANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- WILLIE A COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JAMES RICHARD FOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- FLEMMON PAUL FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- THOMAS EDWARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 73
- GEORGE ALLEN MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 73
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 74
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 75
- CECIL Y WAREStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 75
- CHARLES CURTIS WHITFIELDPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 75
- ODELL ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 76
- TOMMIE LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 76
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
- CURTIS OWENS MATIERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
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.