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HERMAN LEE GRAYSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – May 5, 1969
Service recordHerman Lee Grayson, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 5
- WILLIE JAMES FRAZIERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- LEROY JAMES GENTRYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- GEORGE RICHARD GREEN JRPrivate · May 5, 1969
- KEITH TAIT HAMMONDSergeant · May 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY ALLEN HOHNCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 6
- ROBERT DALE HARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 7
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 8
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.