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GRADY EDWARD MCELROY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1944 – November 24, 1966
Service recordGrady Edward McElroy, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 115
- WILLIAM HIXSON HARDWICKPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- EDDIE CESARIO LOPEZPrivate · November 24, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCOYLance Corporal · November 24, 1966
- DONALD IRVIN RANKINSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MALCOLM KEITH BROUHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 113
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- DONALD ROBERT DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- THOMAS GUSTAV ERICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 114
- RUSSELL EDWIN FERREBEESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- EDDIE CESARIO LOPEZPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 115
- DONALD IRVIN RANKINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 115
- RONNIE COLEMAN ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 116
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.