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JAMES H GRAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1936 – May 12, 1966
Service recordJames H Gray, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1936
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 52
- GEORGE FREDERICK DAILEYCaptain · May 12, 1966
- NEAL ALBERT DENNINGPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- GEORGE MALCOLM HIGHTOWERSergeant · May 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 51
- BERNARD ERROYL CLAREPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 51
- GEORGE FREDERICK DAILEYCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 52
- GEORGE MALCOLM HIGHTOWERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 52
- VICENTE QUINTAN RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 54
- BENJAMIN ELMER SCOLLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 55
- ROBERT JOHN SIMMERMONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 55
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.