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FREDDY LYNN GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1947 – June 9, 1967
Service recordFreddy Lynn Gray, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 78
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Tennessee (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 78
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- HAROLD LEE GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- RICHARD ARLINGTON GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
From Sweetwater
- TOMMY ROBERT WILSONSergeant · December 2, 1965
- LARRY RANDALL ARWOODSergeant · November 9, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE LATHAMSergeant · May 12, 1969
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.