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DELACY GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1945 – February 23, 1967
Service recordDelacy Gray, of Elba, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Elba, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 79
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- ROY COLYN GREENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- LEON GAYE HOWARDLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR MASTENSergeant · February 23, 1967
From Elba
- JOSEPH M MOOREFirst Sergeant · December 28, 1966
- ALFONZIE CULVERCorporal · October 11, 1967
- CHARLIE FRANK LEEStaff Sergeant · March 2, 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.