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GEORGE RAY DURHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1946 – December 21, 1966
Service recordGeorge Ray Durham, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 67
- TIMOTHY EUGENE CLARKCorporal · December 21, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- SPOTSWOOD DEWITTFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1966
- MARVIN THOMAS HUGHESSergeant · December 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 69
- ROBERT GEORGE WILKIEPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 70
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.