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JOHN MACK RAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1943 – December 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Mack Ray, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 66
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Broken Bow, Oklahoma (Mccurtain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 66
- DALE EDWARD MILLSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- FRANK HARRIS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1967
- BILLY JOE MORRISONSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- RICHARD EMMETT PRATTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROGER BENJAMINSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 63
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 63
- LEON CANFIELDSergeant First Class · Panel 31E, Line 64
- PAUL EDWARD DUFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 64
- JOHN EDWARD THIELSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 67
From Broken Bow
- MARVIN TIDWELL NOAHLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- LARRY GLEN WILLIAMSLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- ROY LEE WINERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- LARRY TAYLORCorporal · July 27, 1968
- DEXTER NUNTON GAMBLE JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- LEONARD DANIEL WARDSpecialist Four · July 6, 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.