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JERRY LEE GRAVES
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – July 28, 1968
Service recordJerry Lee Graves, of Mexico, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Mexico, Missouri (Audrain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 24
- RAY GLENWOOD HAWKPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- DOUGLAS MILTON KELLYLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- FREDERICK JOSEPH KRUPINSKISergeant · July 28, 1968
From Mexico
- JAMES WARREN CAHALLSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- CLAIR LLOYD WESTLAKE JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN LEDERLESergeant · January 24, 1969
- ALFRED HENRY SUHRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 26, 1969
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.