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JAMES MICHAEL GRANT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1946 – December 15, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Grant, of Noblesville, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 58
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Noblesville, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 58
- RONALD CHARLES COLLINSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- FARRISH COMBSCorporal · December 15, 1969
- DANIEL MILLARD DAWSONSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
- DEE AARON HYDENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 59
From Noblesville
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- ALAN JENSEN BARDACHFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE CLARKPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · October 10, 1968
- DANIEL LEE TERRYStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE SHELTONCorporal · January 24, 1970
- LAWRENCE LEE GORDONCorporal · May 6, 1970
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.