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GARY DEAN MCCRAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 6, 1948 – May 18, 1969
Service recordGary Dean McCray, of Claremont, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY II FF
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Claremont, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY II FF”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 24W, Line 46
- BRIAN RICHARD MCNEWSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD MOVCHANSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN LAURENCE NALLSCaptain · May 18, 1969
- BOBBY GENE NEWBYCorporal · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JOHN BUDDESpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 36
- HENRY FRANKLIN EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 40
- ROBERT LEE FREEMANSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 40
- RONNIE EARL PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 47
- PATRICK L RICESpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 48
- DANA MICHAEL SYKESSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 50
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.