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RICHARD ARLINGTON GRAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 21, 1942 – June 9, 1967
Service recordRichard Arlington Gray, of Dallas, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Administrative Officer (2120)
- Born
- May 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 78
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- HAROLD LEE GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- FREDDY LYNN GRAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.