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EDWARD JAMES GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1949 – August 25, 1968
Service recordEdward James Gray, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 16
- RAY LEE JACKSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN JORDANCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · August 25, 1968
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.