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DEMETRIUS JEROME GRAYS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1945 – May 10, 1969
Service recordDemetrius Jerome Grays, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 39
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 39
- PETER GIBSONCorporal · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN HANSENLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD HEISEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HYNESPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- RUSSELL LOWELL PLATTCaptain · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CARMEN BYRDSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 37
- ROBERT JOHN HYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 39
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.