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JAMES GRAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1938 – May 31, 1966
Service recordJames Gray, of Chandler, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 127
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- May 30, 1938
- Home of record
- Chandler, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 127
- DARL D BENNETTSergeant First Class · May 31, 1966
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CASEColonel · May 31, 1966
- WILLIAM ROTHROC EDMONDSONMajor · May 31, 1966
- DONALD CARL GREENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1966
From Chandler
- RODOLFO VALENZUELAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH ANDERSONSergeant · December 2, 1968
- JAMES WALTER KIRKSEYSpecialist Five · August 18, 1969
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.