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RAYMOND CHARLES GRAVER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1949 – April 5, 1970
Service recordRaymond Charles Graver JR, of Wantagh, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 97
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrician (68F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Wantagh, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 97
- EUGENE PAUL GEEStaff Sergeant · April 5, 1970
- RAYMOND MILLER GREENEFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1970
- OLAN JOSEPH HOWECaptain · April 5, 1970
- CALVIN JEROME LAYTONCorporal · April 5, 1970
From Wantagh
- PARKER DRESSER CRAMERFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1963
- SALVATORE FRANK POLIZZIPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MOLANOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- TERENCE PATRICK JORDANLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD MESSENGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT FRESEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · February 15, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME CASEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
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.