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LARRY GENE GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1945 – January 17, 1967
Service recordLarry Gene Gray, of Milan, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Milan, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 44
- JAMES ARNOLD HARDENSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- YVON ANDRE HEBERTCorporal · January 17, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY KELLYLieutenant · January 17, 1967
- KENTON DON KNAPPPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT HAROLD CROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 43
- DANIEL TERRY CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 43
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 43
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 45
- CEFERINO ADRAN ORTIZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 46
From Milan
- JAMES MICHAEL BRYANPetty Officer Third Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT CONOVER PIERCYCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JIMMIE SHERRILL WARRENSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LAVERN MICHAEL LAMEYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- LARRY JAMES EGLINSDOERFERLance Corporal · June 7, 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.