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DALE ALAN GRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1950 – September 20, 1970
Service recordDale Alan Gray, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 77
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 77
- ALBERT MAURICE FINNFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
- JOSEPH JAMES GAGNESergeant · September 20, 1970
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GALLINASpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
- GORDON KAYE GATHMANPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND HUGH APELLIDOSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 75
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GALLINASpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 77
- MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 78
- GLENN GARLAND RITCHIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 79
- HAROLD ERWIN SIDESSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 79
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 80
From Mesa
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · April 26, 1968
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 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.