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JOHN WILLIAM GRASER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1949 – May 27, 1968
Service recordJohn William Graser, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 8
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 8
- THOMAS HILL GOODMAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1968
- RALPH SHOUP GORTON IIISecond Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- PHILO DERRICK GRANT IIIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE JAMES ARMWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 3
- THOMAS HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 10
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 13
- FRANKLIN DANNY PETE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 13
- CARL HOWARD SEXTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- JERRY WAYNE VANDEVENDERPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 3
- CHARLES GRAFFIOUS WARSINGSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
- STEPHEN EUGENE SROKAPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
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.