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WILLIE GRANT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1946 – March 20, 1968
Service recordWillie Grant JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 39
- DICK E CUFFSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- ALLEN EUGENE FELLOWSColonel · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODHEARTSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 36
- JOSEPH J CASSIDY JRSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 38
- WILLIAM GOODHEARTSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 39
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · Panel 45E, Line 43
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · Panel 45E, Line 44
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.