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STANLEY EDWIN GRAVES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1946 – February 27, 1968
Service recordStanley Edwin Graves JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 49
- JOHN EDWARD DILLARDSergeant · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAIRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VERNON LEWIS WALKERSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 56
- JAMES DOMINIO YOUNGHAMCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 57
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.