Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: H Company, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 30-Jun-1935
Hometown: Pulaski, Virginia
Marital status: Married to Anita S. Gravley, two sons, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 7-May-1958
Start of tour: 4-Aug-1968
Incident date: 24-Jan-1969
Date of casualty: 24-Jan-1969
Age at death: 33
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
James Thomas Gravley died from wounds and burns received while commander of military vehicle on a combat operation when the vehicle hit a hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin, Virginia, USA
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