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DANNY MICHEAL GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1948 – October 30, 1968
Service recordDanny Micheal Gray, of Fordyce, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 57
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Fordyce, Arkansas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 57
- LARRY BLAINE DURSTCorporal · October 30, 1968
- JOSEPH FERROPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- GERALD HENRY FORGUESergeant · October 30, 1968
- HARLAN LEE GRAHAMSergeant Major · October 30, 1968
From Fordyce
- JAMES CALVIN RILESPrivate First Class · January 28, 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.