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MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1947 – December 10, 1965
Service recordMichael Stephen Grannan, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 8
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- DONALD ERIC GLICKMANPrivate · December 10, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
From Canoga Park
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ENBODYFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 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.