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JAMES JUNIUS GRAY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1935 – July 15, 1967
Service recordJames Junius Gray, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 75
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 13, 1935
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 23E, Line 75
- DAVID ANTHONY FASNACHTStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1967
- KENNETH B FROMANTSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- PAUL MICHAEL GREGOVICHSecond Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE HARTWICK JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
From Concord
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · March 29, 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.