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GRANVILLE JOEL ALLEN JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 2, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordGranville Joel Allen JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 6
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 6
- EDWARD NELSON BEERSPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- LAURIER GERARD BOSSELance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM BOYDSergeant · May 23, 1968
- FLORIAN ANTHONY BUGNI JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.