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JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1947 – July 5, 1967
Service recordJohn William Granahan, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 11
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 11
- CHARLES MANLEY GATTIS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- RALPH BERNARD GERKENSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HOEWELERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
From Quincy
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · August 8, 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.