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JAMES HENRY GRAHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1948 – October 9, 1969
Service recordJames Henry Graham, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 55
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 55
- JIMMIE DON COXPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- BENNY RAY DUPREEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- GEORGE ANDREY ELKINSStaff Sergeant · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT FIELDS JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TONY LEE ONEALCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 58
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
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.