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ROY EUGENE GRANTHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1947 – June 28, 1967
Service recordRoy Eugene Grantham, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 77
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 77
- RONALD EDWARD FIKEStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1967
- HARRY BERNARD FRANK JRSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
- RODGER THOMAS GROSSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WAYNE BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 76
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 76
- HARRY BERNARD FRANK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 77
- PAUL EDWARD HALESergeant · Panel 22E, Line 78
- WESLEY ROBERT KELBYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 78
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.