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RICHARD FRANCIS GRAHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1944 – March 27, 1966
Service recordRichard Francis Graham, of Herkimer, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Herkimer, New York (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 53
- DAVID COLVINLance Corporal · March 27, 1966
- MERLE ELDON JONESSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1966
- RONALD WEAVER JONESPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- ELWIN CLAUDE WISEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN BUCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 52
- GEORGE THOMAS REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 54
From Herkimer
- GORDON RICHARD WITTMANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- PHILIP M CIRILLOSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- RONALD KELVIN MOOREPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- BRIAN HARRY BURDICKPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.