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JOHN MEIGS GRAHAM
Captain · U.S. Army
March 9, 1939 – January 16, 1971
Service recordJohn Meigs Graham, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; six of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 48
- PAUL DARBYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- JOHN ENGLISH DAVISSergeant First Class · January 16, 1971
- DONALD GLEN DETRICKSpecialist Five · January 16, 1971
- NOEL BARBARO HERNANDEZCorporal · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ENGLISH DAVISSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 48
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 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.