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GREGORY VAUGHAN GRAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1945 – January 31, 1968
Service recordGregory Vaughan Gray, of Batesville, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Batesville, Arkansas (Independence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 4
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- GORDON LEROY CURRIER JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- WYATT CECIL GORDONSergeant · January 31, 1968
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE LOVICE EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- JOSEPH ANDREW GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 9
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 18
From Batesville
- HENRY WILSON RUST JRLieutenant Colonel · November 27, 1966
- EDWARD DEAN GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD LAWSON HIXCorporal · June 18, 1967
- GERALD WYATTE FARRIERChief Petty Officer · July 29, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE KIMBROUGHFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- STEPHEN WILLIAM LYNCHCaptain · June 10, 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.