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CHARLES GONZIE GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1943 – June 21, 1969
Service recordCharles Gonzie Gray, of Brandywine, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 105
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Brandywine, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 105
- JAMES OSCAR HALL JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- REGINALD WILLIAM JONESPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- ROGER LEE JOYCESergeant · June 21, 1969
- JOHN LEO MURDOCKPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALVIN DANIELS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 104
- ROGER LEE JOYCESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 105
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 106
- EDWIN PEREZ PAGANSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 107
- JOHNNY WENDELL PHILLIPSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 108
- JOSE MIGUEL TOROSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 109
From Brandywine
- JAN FRANKLIN WILSONCorporal · March 7, 1968
- CLIFFORD CRAIG BLEND JRCorporal · January 6, 1970
- JOHN SYLVESTER NUTWELLSpecialist Five · August 24, 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.