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JAMES FLOYD RAY
Captain · U.S. Army
August 17, 1937 – January 9, 1965
Service recordJames Floyd Ray, of Milledgeville, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 17, 1937
- Home of record
- Milledgeville, Georgia (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 81
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ALTON LEE HORNBUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 81
From Milledgeville
- MARION EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES RALPH ETHERIDGELieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1968
- JIMMY BEDGOODStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- WILLIE LEE FREEMANLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES ALBERT FRALEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- EARL EDWIN SHANNONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- DONALD CALVIN CORDLESergeant First Class · December 18, 1970
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.