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GRAFTON LAWRENCE PERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1949 – May 24, 1969
Service recordGrafton Lawrence Perry, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 98
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 10, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 98
- STEPHEN LEWIS MCCARVELSergeant · May 24, 1969
- DERRILL LE ROY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- CORTEZ ALLEN RANDOLPHPrivate · May 24, 1969
- JOHN L ROSEMONDCorporal · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HOSKINS JRPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 95
- CORTEZ ALLEN RANDOLPHPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 98
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.