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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Christian Gray.

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GEORGE CHRISTIAN GRAY

Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

February 6, 1926 – March 29, 1969

Service record

George Christian Gray, of Grindstone, Pennsylvania, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 28W · Line 81

Position of Panel 28W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
February 6, 1926
Home of record
Grindstone, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 29, 1969
Age
43
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

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52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 28W, Line 81

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.