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GEORGE RICHARD GRAHAM
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 25, 1938 – May 5, 1964
Service recordGeorge Richard Graham, of Port Byron, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 51
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 61 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1938
- Home of record
- Port Byron, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 51
- CLAIR DUANE DOTYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- COURTNEY PRICE HOLLAR JRMajor · May 5, 1964
- WILLIAM JOHN MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
From Port Byron
- DAVID BARD WAINWRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 4, 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.