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CARL BRUCE RAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1948 – December 3, 1969
Service recordCarl Bruce Ray, of Waynesville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Waynesville, North Carolina (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 21
- EYKEL MARTIN D VANDEN IIChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1969
- FRAZIER THOMAS DIXONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- JOHN HARVEY FREYSecond Lieutenant · December 3, 1969
- CLARENCE MELVIN GATEWOODSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
From Waynesville
- FLOYD MILTON FRAZIERTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1962
- DAVID CHAPPELL BROWNFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- WAYNE EDWARD SEXTONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- FREDRICK MERVYN HALLCaptain · April 12, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · June 12, 1969
- KEITH DALE MEHAFFEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · August 22, 1971
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.