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ASA PARKER GRAY JR
Colonel · U.S. Army
June 19, 1918 – May 13, 1969
Service recordAsa Parker Gray JR, of East Lansing, Michigan, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 100
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 86 LONG AN PROV SR ADV MACV
- Born
- June 19, 1918
- Home of record
- East Lansing, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 100
- PAUL VENON GOODWINCorporal · May 13, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD GOONAN JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- ERNEST LEE GORDONCorporal · May 13, 1969
- GARY JAMES GREINERCorporal · May 13, 1969
From East Lansing
- GEOFFREY EMMONS GREENFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP LACLEARPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CANTLON JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS J MILLERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · September 7, 1969
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1970
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.