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WILLIAM GRADY MONCRIEF
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 3, 1934 – July 3, 1968
Service recordWilliam Grady Moncrief, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 3
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1934
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 3
- JAMES L M LITTLER IIICaptain · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND SHARP LOFTUS IIICorporal · July 3, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CARL SCHUSTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 53W, Line 5
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.