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RICHARD CAMPBELL GRAVES
Ensign · U.S. Navy
August 5, 1944 – May 25, 1967
Service recordRichard Campbell Graves, of Sunderland, Massachusetts, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 25, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 215 USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- August 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Sunderland, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 105
- HARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- LEONARD KING NUTESpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
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.