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JAMES WOOD GRANT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1946 – May 7, 1968
Service recordJames Wood Grant, of Sanford, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Sanford, Florida (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 24
- PATRICK MICHAEL GOBLEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · May 7, 1968
- BEN JOHN GREENESergeant · May 7, 1968
- AARON HARTNESSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AMBROSE WILKIE J CLAY JRSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 21
- WAYNE CLIFTON CYRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 22
- ROGER ALLEN FESSENDENCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 22
- WAYNE PAUL PUMASergeant · Panel 56E, Line 30
- GEORGE THOMAS LLOY WALKERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 33
From Sanford
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- MICHEAL JOHN DRAKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD JONESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DALE STOVALLPrivate First Class · October 31, 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.