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HERBERT RAYMOND GRANT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1933 – February 23, 1969
Service recordHerbert Raymond Grant, of San Rafael, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1933
- Home of record
- San Rafael, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 1
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE GILSONLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- DANIEL WARD GLEASONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- EARNEST WILMER GRAHAMPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- GARY DEAN JUDDCorporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER CASIASPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 93
- GERALD WAYNE GWALTNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 2
- ANDREW MARION MATTIEPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 10
- THEODORE J PAWLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 18
- MICHAEL EDWARD SIDORSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 21
From San Rafael
- FRANK DENNIS KORNOVICHLance Corporal · April 27, 1966
- GEORGE ALFRED DOANESpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- GARY CRAIG PORTPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD LEHRPrivate · February 23, 1968
- RONALD LAWRENCE STORBOPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- THOMAS ANTONE CINCOTTAPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
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.