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JAMES LEONARD RAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 21, 1940 – May 16, 1967
Service recordJames Leonard Ray, of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Spruce Pine, North Carolina (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 10
- GERALD VICTOR PARMENTIERMaster Sergeant · May 16, 1967
- JOHN CLIFFORD PFEIFFERPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- GERALD ARDEN ROBINSONLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE RICHARD ANNOSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 5
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 6
- DENNIS RAYE HOOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 9
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 10
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.