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PAUL HOUSTON GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1948 – February 24, 1967
Service recordPaul Houston Gray, of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Sergeant Bluff, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 84
- CARL A HUMPHREYSergeant · February 24, 1967
- EMORY FRANKLIN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- STEVEN KIRBYCorporal · February 24, 1967
From Sergeant Bluff
- CLAYTON LEON WOODSSpecialist Four · February 19, 1971
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.