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GREGORY RUSSELL RAYFIELD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1946 – July 14, 1968
Service recordGregory Russell Rayfield, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 5, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 31
- MELVIN POOLELance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- ALAN JOSEPH ROBINSONCorporal · July 14, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG SANTYLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM SCHULZCorporal · July 14, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.