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WILLIE EARL GRANGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1946 – August 3, 1968
Service recordWillie Earl Granger, of Princeton, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 4
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Princeton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 4
- LARRY LAVERN ELZINGACorporal · August 3, 1968
- GEORGE WARREN FISCHER JRSpecialist Four · August 3, 1968
- FRANK A HARAHCorporal · August 3, 1968
- STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAVASSergeant · August 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY B BUZZARDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 3
- STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAVASSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 4
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 5
From Princeton
- DAVID TIESON GRAHAM JRCorporal · July 11, 1965
- WILLIAM STANLEY SMOYERSecond Lieutenant · July 28, 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.