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JAMES HOWARD GRAFF
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 21, 1939 – October 3, 1966
Service recordJames Howard Graff, of Morengo, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 21, 1939
- Home of record
- Morengo, Illinois
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966; five of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 39
- JAMES AURTHUR DANIELSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- RAYMOND LOUIS ECHEVARRIASergeant Major · October 3, 1966
- RANDAL CLYDE ENGRAMFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.