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NOLAN REED RAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1944 – April 12, 1968
Service recordNolan Reed Ray, of Dover, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Dover, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 36
- REYNALDO NAVA OROZCOCorporal · April 12, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN STEIMBACHSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- LOYD EDWARD STROISCHSergeant · April 12, 1968
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARREL BRUCE HELMKEPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 32
From Dover
- GEORGE WARREN CRIPPSSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- EDWIN HAROLD SORNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- HAROLD WILLIAM HADDICKChief Master Sergeant · August 22, 1967
- DONALD E KENTONWarrant Officer 1 · March 6, 1968
- TOBY ERNEST COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
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.