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ROBERT LEE GRAHAM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1944 – July 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Graham, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 168 ENG BN 75 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 18
- MARCELLUS GARLAND JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- AUSTIN DALE GIBSONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY GIPSONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 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.