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ERVIL THOMAS BRAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 29, 1942 – July 29, 1967
Service recordErvil Thomas Bray, of Somerset, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Somerset, Kentucky (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 17
- JERRY DAN BYARSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- FRANCIS CAMPEAUPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JACK MORRIS CARLANPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- DANIEL GUTIERREZ CAVAZOSAirman · July 29, 1967
- RICHARD DEAN CLENDENENAirman · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DEAN MCILRAVYStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 35
- CHARLES EDWARD ROLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 41
From Somerset
- LARRY ALAN BULLOCKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- JIMMY EDWIN FLYNNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- GEORGE MCDONALD HINESCorporal · January 8, 1970
- FREDDIE D MIZESergeant · March 21, 1970
- RHONALD LEE DURHAMCaptain · May 9, 1970
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.