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MICKEY RAY GRABLE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1947 – July 25, 1966
Service recordMickey Ray Grable, of Centralia, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Centralia, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 74
- CHRIS FRANK FABRISCorporal · July 25, 1966
- JOSE DEJESUS FLORESPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
From Centralia
- JOHN ALAN ABRAMSLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- BILLY DALE JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM HARRISLieutenant · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WIKESpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
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.