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GILBERT JAMES GRAHAM
Seaman · U.S. Navy
February 24, 1946 – September 28, 1967
Service recordGilbert James Graham, of Anaheim, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 28, 1967, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 24
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMRIVRON 5 RIVSEC 51
- Born
- February 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “COMRIVRON 5 RIVSEC 51”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 27E, Line 24
- CHARLES ANTHONY JAMACKSpecialist Five · September 28, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN JONESSergeant · September 28, 1967
- MARCUS TRUMAN KENNEDYSergeant · September 28, 1967
- DONALD ROY WOODCorporal · September 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH TONY MUSETTI JRPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 27E, Line 25
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.