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ELMER ODELL WRAY
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 8, 1923 – November 13, 1968
Service recordElmer Odell Wray, of Centralia, Washington, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 13, 1968, in Thailand, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 8, 1923
- Home of record
- Centralia, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 45
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 62
- JAMES COLEMAN HATHORNE JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- LASZIO RABELStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND RADESPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · November 13, 1968
- JOSE CARLOS SANTOSFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1968
From Centralia
- ROBERT MOFFETT DOWLINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- KENNETH HANS RUDCaptain · February 6, 1967
- DAVID STANLEY PRICESergeant · March 11, 1968
- GERALD DAVID AITONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WEGNERSergeant · December 10, 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.