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KENNETH MERVIN GRAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1949 – May 20, 1970
Service recordKenneth Mervin Gray, of San Francisco, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1949
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 70
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
- GARY WAYNE GEARSergeant · May 20, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH HAZARDCorporal · May 20, 1970
- THOMAS JOSH KELSO JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 70
- DAVID LORENZO VIGILPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 72
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.