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GRADY THACKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1945 – April 13, 1968
Service recordGrady Thacker, of Norcross, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Norcross, Georgia (Gwinnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 49
- KENNETH MICHAEL WATSONCorporal · April 13, 1968
- STEPHEN JOHN WESTPHALPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- PAUL LUCIUS WHITTHORNE JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND LEE BALLEWPrivate · Panel 49E, Line 38
- JOHN MARTIN BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 39
- AGAPITO GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 41
- JOE EDD GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 41
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 41
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 42
- ERNEST ESTELL LESUREStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 44
- JAMES LEONARD PARKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 45
- PAUL EUGENE POIRIERSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 46
- ALFRED LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 46
- WARREN JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 47
- JUAN PEDRO VALDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 48
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
From Norcross
- CHARLES M HONOUR JRLieutenant Colonel · February 18, 1966
- CARLOS RANDALL HATCHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- KENNETH JOHN BRITTSergeant · November 25, 1968
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.