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GARY GERALD GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1946 – August 26, 1969
Service recordGary Gerald Gray, of Rimersburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 119
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Rimersburg, Pennsylvania (Clarion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 119
- ROGER THOMAS GUESTSergeant · August 26, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD HENRYCorporal · August 26, 1969
- NORMAN RALPH HETZELSergeant · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM GLENN HOWELLSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
From Rimersburg
- LLOYD ALLEN HIMESSergeant Major · January 31, 1968
- DOYLE LEROY BUTLER JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 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.