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RAY WARREN PURIFOY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 19, 1942 – September 5, 1969
Service recordRay Warren Purifoy, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 42
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 42
- DENNIS JAMES MURPHYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- HARRY W PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL POWERSCorporal · September 5, 1969
- BERNARD AMBROSE PROPSONSergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 36
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 37
- LOUIS SCOTT DIBARISpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 37
- JACKIE LEE GOODNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 38
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 39
- RICHARD RAMSEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 39
- JOHN KUULEI KAUHAIHAOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 40
- LEE EDWARD MONTAGSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 41
- DELBERT RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 43
- JOHNNY DELBERT SWANNSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 44
- RONALD CRAIG VLIEKSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 44
- DENNIS RUSSELL WARTCHOWSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 45
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.