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RAY FORDYCE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1932 – August 16, 1966
Service recordRay Fordyce, of Perryville, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Born
- July 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Perryville, Missouri (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 12
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES WHITESpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BECKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 16, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
From Perryville
- GARY JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER LOOSSergeant · February 4, 1968
- DARRYL CHARLES LINTNERPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.