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ROY WAYNE GRAHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 7, 1948 – May 20, 1969
Service recordRoy Wayne Graham, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 59
- ANTHONY BONGOSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- ARTHUR KIRKS FORBESLance Corporal · May 20, 1969
- RAEFORD JAMES GERALD JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- BENJAMIN WAYNE HAIREWarrant Officer 1 · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SIMON BEHARSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 57
- LARRY FLOYD DODDSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 58
- RAEFORD JAMES GERALD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 59
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.