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LEO FRANCIS GRADY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 10, 1948 – September 28, 1971
Service recordLeo Francis Grady, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 29
- ORVILLE CAUDILLCorporal · September 28, 1971
- BERNARD LOUIS COROCorporal · September 28, 1971
- DWIGHT HUBERT JONESCorporal · September 28, 1971
- EDWIN ALLEN KUDLACEKSergeant · September 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ORVILLE CAUDILLCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 29
- BERNARD LOUIS COROCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 29
- DWIGHT HUBERT JONESCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 29
From Jamaica Plain
- GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · March 3, 1967
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGEESpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · June 24, 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.