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GERALD ARLEN GRANSBURY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1945 – April 30, 1968
Service recordGerald Arlen Gransbury, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician (1141)
- Born
- June 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 17
- GIANCARLO LUCCHESILance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- SAMMY RAY LUSKLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE LUTZPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- EDUARDO MARQUEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.