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DAVID ARTHUR GRAY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1943 – April 14, 1967
Service recordDavid Arthur Gray, of Sterling, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 26
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Sterling, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 26
- ROY DALE GALLANTSpecialist Four · April 14, 1967
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DALE MARTIN MCCAULEYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- DANIEL FRANCIS MONAHANCaptain · April 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL FRANCIS MONAHANCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 26
- ROBERT SCHERLAGPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
- JAMES FRANKLIN TINDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
- HOWARD DANIEL VANDENACREPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
From Sterling
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- GARY ALLEN LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · August 27, 1968
- HANS LOTHAR MILLSSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES KELLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 1970
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
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.