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JOE EDWARD GRAYSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1943 – January 10, 1969
Service recordJoe Edward Grayson, of Roosevelt, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Roosevelt, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 65
- RICHARD GERALD GILLHAMCorporal · January 10, 1969
- ROBERT GARY HAYESSergeant · January 10, 1969
- JOHN LESLIE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- BERNARD GEORGE HITRO JRCorporal · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL THEODORE ALEXANDERCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 63
- BERNARD GEORGE HITRO JRCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 65
- MICHAEL ARTHUR FONTAINESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 68
From Roosevelt
- ARTHUR RICHARD EWINGPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEAHYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL J ROWCROFTSpecialist Four · August 27, 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.