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ROBERT LEE GRANT
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – June 1, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Grant, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 37
- IRIS HILTON HARRINGTONPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1969
- DANNY LEE HOPKINSPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · June 1, 1969
- JAMES LARRY KIESTLERSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 37
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · 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.