Annie Ruth Graham Explained

Birth Name:Annie Ruth Graham
Birth Date:7 November 1916
Death Place:Japan
Nationality:American
Occupation:Nurse

Annie Ruth Graham (November 7, 1916 – August 14, 1968) was a U.S. Army officer who was the highest-ranked American servicewoman to die during the Vietnam War.

Lieutenant Colonel Graham was the chief nurse at the 91st Evacuation Hospital in Tuy Hòa. In August 1968, she suffered a stroke and was evacuated to Japan where she died four days later. She had been a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War.[1] Graham was one of eight American servicewomen who died during the Vietnam War.[2] She was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Her name is on Panel 48W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.[3]

The landscape surrounding the Vietnam Women's Memorial includes eight yellowwood trees that represent the eight American servicewomen who died during the Vietnam War - Graham, Carol Ann Drazba, Eleanor Grace Alexander, Pamela Dorothy Donovan, Elizabeth Ann Jones, Mary Therese Klinker, Sharon Ann Lane, and Hedwig Diane Orlowski.[4] [5] [6] The only servicewoman killed in action was First Lieutenant Sharon Lane; the rest died of accidents and illness.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: American Military Women who Died in the Vietnam War. July 20, 2019. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - The Wall-USA.
  2. Web site: Friends recall only nurse killed by hostile fire in Vietnam. July 20, 2019. Army Times. May 28, 2017.
  3. Web site: Women in Vietnam. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
  4. https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/education/week_of_april_16/#:~:text=They%20were%20all%20volunteers%2C%20and,Memorial%20Wall%2C%20in%20Washington%2C%20D.C.&text=Mary%20T.,Nurse%20Corps%20(Philadelphia%2C%20Univ.
  5. Web site: American Civilian and Military Women Who died in the Vietnam War (1959–1979). 2021-06-14.
  6. Web site: Women in Vietnam. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
  7. Web site: Vietnam Women's Memorial . National Park Service . January 22, 2024 . March 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330103735/https://www.nps.gov/places/000/vietnam-womens-memorial.htm . live .
  8. Eight Women's Names Are Among the Thousands on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Here's What to Know About Them. . Time . May 27, 2021 . January 22, 2024 . Uenuma, Francine . April 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230408015826/https://time.com/6051363/vietnam-war-women-memorial/ . live .

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