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PATRICK JOHN GRAHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1948 – April 25, 1968
Service recordPatrick John Graham, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 5
- ERIC FICKLINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- BILLY R GIVENSMajor · April 25, 1968
- PHILLIP WAYNE GRINDOLSergeant · April 25, 1968
- HUBIA JUDE GUILLORYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT BURCIAGASpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- ARTURO OLIVARES-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- DENNIS WAYNE HOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 6
- HENRY THURMAN MCCRIMMONSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 8
- BRUCE PAUL NETTESHEIMSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 9
- ANIBAL ORTIZ-RIVERA JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 10
- RONALD THOMAS STETTERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 12
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 12
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.