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SAMUEL A GRAYSON III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – November 29, 1970
Service recordSamuel A Grayson III, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 91
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
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 91
- RAYMOND HENRY GRAYSergeant · November 29, 1970
- PHELBON MICHAEL GREENSpecialist Five · November 29, 1970
- RONALD RAPHAEL GREENHOUSESpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
- RALPH STEPHEN GUCKStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · Panel 6W, Line 89
- GEORGE BEEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 90
- JOSEPH CARLTON BLACKWELLSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 90
- FRANKLIN D DEFENBAUGHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 90
- CHARLES A JOHNSON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 92
- WILLIAM DANIEL KENNEDY IIICaptain · Panel 6W, Line 92
- ARTHUR JOHN MENNPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 94
- JOSEPH ARTHUR JACQUESPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 95
- DONALD ANTHONY SLATESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 95
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.