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CHARLIE GRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – July 24, 1966
Service recordCharlie Gray, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 67
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 67
- GEORGE G DUKEMajor · July 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN CHARLES EUCKERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RONALD LEE FENSTERMACHERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL SPEARSStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 71
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.