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CLARENCE HENRY GRAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1932 – October 5, 1965
Service recordClarence Henry Gray, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 107
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1932
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 107
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES HAUSCHILDTFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
- RUSSELL M HEATHPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILMER BLODGETTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 106
- THOMAS ANTHONY DVORATCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 108
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 108
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 109
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 109
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- MATTHEWS SHELTONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.