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THOMAS LAWRENCE GRAVES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 2, 1950 – November 17, 1969
Service recordThomas Lawrence Graves, of Bell Gardens, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Bell Gardens, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 88
- RICHARD HERSHEL GREENPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DANIEL LESTER HARTLance Corporal · November 17, 1969
- HAROLD JOSEPH JUNGASergeant · November 17, 1969
- THOMAS KEITH KAMPSergeant · November 17, 1969
From Bell Gardens
- BOB JEWITTAirman Third Class · April 28, 1967
- GARY STILLMAN CURTISSeaman · August 14, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY HAYESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- ROBERT CARROLL SMITHCorporal · July 29, 1968
- REX EDWIN THORNLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
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.