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WILLIAM MICHAEL GRAMMAR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1942 – May 20, 1967
Service recordWilliam Michael Grammar, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 59
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 59
- KEVIN TERRENCE GORMANSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- JOHN ALLEN GRAVILLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD CHARLES HAGUEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.