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WILLIAM RICHARD GRANT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 23, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Richard Grant, of Huntington Beach, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 43
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntington Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 43
- THOMAS STEVEN GARRETTSergeant · August 23, 1968
- JOHNNIE GOODENSergeant · August 23, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM GRANT JRCorporal · August 23, 1968
- DANNY LEE GRIMSHAWPetty Officer Second Class · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP GEORGE DAVISCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 39
- WILLIE JAMES LAMARSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 47
- ROBERT WILLIAM SAWYERSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 53
From Huntington Beach
- TERRY LEE QUINNPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · April 9, 1967
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
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.