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WILLIAM BOYD GRAVES

Captain · U.S. Army

February 3, 1940 – July 22, 1967

Service record

William Boyd Graves, of Douglas, Wyoming, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 23E · Line 107

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Service

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Captain (CPT)
Service: Reserve / National Guard
Occupation: Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
Unit (as recorded): 225 AVN CO 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
Born: February 3, 1940
Home of record: Douglas, Wyoming (Converse County)

Casualty

Date of death: July 22, 1967
Age: 27
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Non-hostile
Category: Accident
Circumstance: Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Elsewhere

Also on Panel 23E, Line 107

THOMAS PAUL BRADYPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
WILLIAM B BROWNSergeant · July 22, 1967
CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
ROBERT MATRANGASpecialist Four · July 22, 1967

From Douglas

EDWARD BERNARD STEELESergeant First Class · February 23, 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.