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JERRY EDWARD GRADY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJerry Edward Grady, of Alameda, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 7
- CHARLES EDWARD GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LAVON GIDDENSCorporal · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LUTHER HAMMONSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- RALPH PARKER HAYDENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 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.