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THOMAS GRANT
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1930 – December 8, 1967
Service recordThomas Grant, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 21, 1930
- Home of record
- Orangeburg, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 64
- LEON CANFIELDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD DUFFORDSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- GEORGE NICHOLAS FANIS JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL FLATLEYCaptain · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HUTTON BOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 63
- THOMAS MICHAEL FLATLEYCaptain · Panel 31E, Line 64
- LARRY JOE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 65
From Orangeburg
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SANFORDPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · December 23, 1967
- RICHARD WORRELL KAPP JRSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE BACOTCorporal · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE JENKINSCaptain · September 6, 1968
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.