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EDWIN MICHAEL GRAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – November 9, 1967
Service recordEdwin Michael Gray, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 58
- ROBERT ROLAND GONNEVILLECorporal · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH WARD HARRISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DONALD STEVEN HOLKESpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
- WILLIE C JOHNSON JRPlatoon Sergeant · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RANDALL ARWOODSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 55
- BARRY JAY BAKERCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 60
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 60
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 61
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.