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GEORGE ALBERT GRAY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – July 9, 1968
Service recordGeorge Albert Gray, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 5
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 5
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES BURTON FOX JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- LE ROY GEEPrivate · July 9, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE GIBBINSCorporal · July 9, 1968
- STEPHEN LOUIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM CARRSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 3
- STEPHEN LOUIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 5
- KENNETH EUGENE MATTSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 52W, Line 7
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.