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HARVEY GENE GRAHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 13, 1945 – May 18, 1970
Service recordHarvey Gene Graham, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 61
- JOHN EDWARD DARLING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1970
- LARRY ROBERT GARCIASpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
- CARLTON COE GRAYSergeant · May 18, 1970
- EDWARD F HABBLETT JRPetty Officer First Class · May 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL TAYLOR BARNETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 60
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.