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JOSEPH M GRANTHAM III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1946 – May 19, 1967
Service recordJoseph M Grantham III, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 48
- JAMES KELLY PATTERSONLieutenant Commander · May 19, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- ALAN THOMAS READPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL RHUEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 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.