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HAROLD EDWIN GRAY JR
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
October 6, 1930 – August 7, 1965
Service recordHarold Edwin Gray JR, of New York, New York, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 7, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 25 USS MIDWAY CVA 41
- Born
- October 6, 1930
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 48
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- GEORGE THOMAS VERDINEKLance Corporal · August 8, 1965
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.