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JOHN GEORGE GRAF
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
October 20, 1927 – November 15, 1969
Service recordJohn George Graf, of Glendale, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on November 15, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- CHNAVADGRU
- Born
- October 20, 1927
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 15, 1969
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 79
- RALPH EUGENE FLOWERS JRCorporal · November 15, 1969
- ANTONIO MORILLIA FUENTESSpecialist Five · November 15, 1969
- ALLEN FREDERICK GROTZKESpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- VICTOR MANUEL GUERREROCorporal · November 15, 1969
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 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.