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HAROLD EDWARD GRAHAM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1949 – June 23, 1968
Service recordHarold Edward Graham, of Wilkinson, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- July 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Wilkinson, West Virginia (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 21
- DAVID ANDREW DENTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- LOUIS GEORGE HEILFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1968
- DWIGHT EARL HINMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- DENNIS RAY KINNARDFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1968
From Wilkinson
- DAVID HIRAM STAMPERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1972
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.