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WELBY HERBERT GRAYSON III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1950 – August 28, 1969
Service recordWelby Herbert Grayson III, of Vienna, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 1
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Vienna, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 1
- MARCO AURELIO FREGOSOPrivate · August 28, 1969
- ROBERT GONZALESPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- EDWARD HERBERT SHERRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
From Vienna
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · February 15, 1967
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 3, 1968
- WILLIAM MCNAMARA LEVENDISCorporal · May 25, 1968
- WILLARD FLOYD PROCHASKALance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- LORENZO RAYNARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DONALD R MOORE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1969
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1970
- BERNARD LEVERN JOHNSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1972
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.