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JIMMIE DELL GRAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1944 – October 2, 1966
Service recordJimmie Dell Gray, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 35
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 35
- THOMAS EDWIN BEGLINGERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- PEPITO CAGUIMBALPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WILLIAM BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 34
- THOMAS EDWIN BEGLINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 35
- LOUIS EDWARD HADDOCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 36
- DUNCAN ALEXANDER MACFETTERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 37
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 37
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 38
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.