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ALLEN RAY GRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1950 – January 11, 1971
Service recordAllen Ray Gray, of Belleville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Belleville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 39
- EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDSCorporal · January 11, 1971
- ROBERT DENNIS BLACK JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1971
- RICHARD VINCENT BLACKBURNCorporal · January 11, 1971
- LEE WILLIAM CLORECorporal · January 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEO JAMES ROSEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 40
From Belleville
- PHILIP CORY SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1967
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEUMEYERAirman · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD IRWINSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1967
- GLENN R EISENHOURSecond Lieutenant · November 13, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · April 28, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 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.