GRAVES WILLIAM BOYD

Name: CPT William Boyd Graves
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 07/22/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 27.5
Date of Birth: 02/03/1940
Home City: Douglas, WY
Service: AT branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 225 AVN
Major organization: other
Service: AT branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 23E-107
Short Summary: Flying a O-1 Birddog and failed to return. First rated in fixed wing then attended R/W Q course at Wolters?
Aircraft: O-1
Service number: O2310312
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1980 = 19 Fixed Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: weapons
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 05/02/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 10
Location: Unknown Province
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died while missing
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren)
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 04/26/2002

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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007