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CARL AVERY GRAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1942 – November 27, 1965
Service recordCarl Avery Gray, of Morganton, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Morganton, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 116
- EDWARD JAMES MONAHAN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- LESTER JOSEPH KERSTENPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
- TONY VALEPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HAROLD CRISMANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 115
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 115
- PHILLIP JOHN VANDER WEGSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 115
- LESTER JOSEPH KERSTENPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 116
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · Panel 3E, Line 116
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · Panel 3E, Line 116
From Morganton
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- LEE ROY LANIERSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 27, 1969
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
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.