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WESLEY ONEAL GRANT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1949 – July 8, 1969
Service recordWesley Oneal Grant, of Coushatta, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 83
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
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Coushatta, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 83
- BOBBY LEE GENTRYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- DONALD LEE GRUBBPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- FRANK WILLIAM HUMESCorporal · July 8, 1969
- HENRY DAVID HUNTERCorporal · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEONARD MUMMERTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 84
From Coushatta
- DAVID LYNN CROWSpecialist Four · May 20, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS MCDUFFYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- HASKELL JUNIOR DOLANCorporal · October 1, 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.