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GRADY KEITH EMBREY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1945 – September 19, 1965
Service recordGrady Keith Embrey, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1945
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 91
- EDGAR LEE HAWKINSMajor · September 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- LARRY STANLEY PIERCEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1965
- MARTIN FRANK SCHWICK JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 90
From La Grange
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
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.