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JOHN ALLEN GRABER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1948 – March 16, 1967
Service recordJohn Allen Graber JR, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 90
- ANDREW FEDORPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GIANNINIFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1967
- JAMES GORMON GOETZLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- JAMES BENJAMIN GOREPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.