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GERALD DAN GRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1951 – April 20, 1970
Service recordGerald Dan Gray, of Commerce City, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Commerce City, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 27
- GERALD THOMAS BUTLERStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1970
- DAVID JOHN FALKStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1970
- GERALD LESTER HARTZELTechnical Sergeant · April 20, 1970
- MARLIN JAMES JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARLIN JAMES JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 27
- DAREK NICHOLAU RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 28
From Commerce City
- JERRY G WINSLOWSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- WILLIAM G MENDENHALLSergeant · November 1, 1966
- WESLEY SHIMODAPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- STANLEY GENE MILLERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- VERE LOYD WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1968
- GARY RAY LARGEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- ALLEN ARTHUR MUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- PETER RICHARD MILLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1972
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.