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JOHN NORBERT GRACHTRUP
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 6, 1946 – December 10, 1966
Service recordJohn Norbert Grachtrup, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 10, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 27
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 27
- CHARLES JOSEPH ESBENSENPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- CLIFFORD RICHARD SINGLETONCorporal · December 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY BATORLance Corporal · Panel 13E, Line 26
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 27
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.