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RAY STEPHEN LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1948 – July 29, 1966
Service recordRay Stephen Long, of Marshall, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 88
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Marshall, Missouri (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 88
- LONNIE DEAN HARTSOCKLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- BERNARD CONKLINLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- JAMES ALAN MAXAMPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- DON RUE SAINSpecialist Four · July 29, 1966
From Marshall
- BOBBY GENE JACKSONSergeant · January 13, 1967
- CARL DEAN MILLERColonel · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · January 2, 1968
- CLAY HOLT JRCorporal · August 28, 1968
- KENNETH LOREN JONESCorporal · January 14, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · April 18, 1969
- RONALD LEE EIDSONCorporal · July 11, 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.