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HAROLD LEONARD GRAVES
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 5, 1916 – November 26, 1966
Service recordHarold Leonard Graves, of Oakland, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 120
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 5, 1916
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 120
- JOSEPH WAYNE HARRISONPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD HUMPHREYCaptain · November 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WEBBLieutenant Colonel · November 26, 1966
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.