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THOMAS GEORGE GRAFF
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1946 – April 30, 1967
Service recordThomas George Graff, of North Olmsted, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 121
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- North Olmsted, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 121
- WILLIAM DAIL EARLYCorporal · April 30, 1967
- GARY WAYNE FOXSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- JOE CECILIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- GEORGE MELVIN SEALLLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- BENNIE H HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · July 22, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 118
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · Panel 18E, Line 126
From North Olmsted
- THOMAS EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GARY ALLAN FARLOWLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- DENIS MICHAEL CHMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGERSergeant · March 7, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH ZISKOCorporal · August 12, 1969
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.