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ERNEST JAMES LAGRAY
Private · U.S. Army
March 3, 1942 – November 14, 1969
Service recordErnest James Lagray, of Utica, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 74
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 577 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Utica, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 74
- JOHN WILLIAM FRITTERAirman · November 14, 1969
- VICTOR MILFORD HAGLUND JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JOHN ALLAN HOWEStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
- DANIEL LEE JURGENSENPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
From Utica
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 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.