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CHARLES EDWIN BRAY JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 20, 1948 – July 9, 1970
Service recordCharles Edwin Bray JR, of Mystic, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 2
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Mystic, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 2
- GREGORY ALEXIS DODGESergeant · July 9, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM FISHERMajor · July 9, 1970
- LARRY MARK HORNERSergeant · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LYNN JONESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1970
From Mystic
- DONALD LEON BRAMANSpecialist Four · January 2, 1963
- HOWARD CLINTON ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- PETER DEAN HESFORDMajor · March 21, 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.