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JAMES WILLIAM GREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1939 – December 15, 1965
Service recordJames William Grey, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 17
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- GERARD GEORGE SCHNITGERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- ROBERT EMILIO MONTOYASpecialist Four · December 16, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 17
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.