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DENNIS MICHAEL RAY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1948 – April 29, 1969
Service recordDennis Michael Ray, of Waveland, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Waveland, Mississippi (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 79
- STEPHEN MICHAEL GABRYSCaptain · April 29, 1969
- ANDREW BRYAN RANKINLance Corporal · April 29, 1969
- FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ JRCorporal · April 29, 1969
- CLINTON WILLIAM SHAVER JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
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.