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JAMES THOMAS GRAVLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1935 – January 24, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Gravley, of Pulaski, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 70
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Pulaski, Virginia (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 70
- OSCAR CORDOVASpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
- SCOTT CRAIG GRISWOLDWarrant Officer 1 · January 24, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT JORDANSergeant · January 24, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN LEDERLESergeant · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES RIGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 71
From Pulaski
- HERBERT HAROLD CROWDERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- LEONARD MURRAY LEECommander · December 27, 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.