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MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – April 28, 1969
Service recordMelvin Grayson Ehrhart, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 70
- JOHN RICHARD EARLEYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- KENNETH KEITH EPLEYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- FREDERIC RICHARD HARBOTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- JOSEPH FELDER HARTLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNY LYNN ASHERPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 68
- WALTER LEE NUTT IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 72
- ROGER LEE WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 74
From Chambersburg
- CHARLES DAVID RAILINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- PIERRE LEROY SULLIVANSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · January 28, 1970
- JAY THOMAS DILLERSergeant · May 6, 1970
- ROGER ALAN BARNHARTLance Corporal · December 12, 1970
- FRED BRYAN ROSENBERRYSergeant · April 3, 1971
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.