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GERALD ALFRED GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1951 – February 19, 1971
Service recordGerald Alfred Gray, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Dental Specialist (91E)
- Born
- May 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 120
- CURTIS EARL BURKETTSpecialist Four · February 19, 1971
- ANTHONY JOSEPH CARACCILO JRCorporal · February 19, 1971
- ROBERT LLOYD DALTONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1971
- JAMES LARRY HULLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1971
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.