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RAY FRANK LONG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1944 – November 29, 1969
Service recordRay Frank Long, of Athens, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 6
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Athens, Alabama (Limestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 6
- JAMES WILLIAM LUNSFORD JRSergeant · November 29, 1969
- KENNETH ALAN LUSEWarrant Officer 1 · November 29, 1969
- CALVIN BERNARD MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- JOHN EUGENE MATTINGLYSergeant · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 3
- CLYDE EUGENE THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 8
From Athens
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · June 21, 1967
- JUNIOR EDWARD LOTTCorporal · December 19, 1967
- DAVID RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · June 11, 1969
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · September 5, 1969
- BOBBIE HERALD BREWERStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1970
- PERRY ADKINS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
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.