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RICHARD JOSEPH GRAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1946 – June 13, 1971
Service recordRichard Joseph Gray, of Salem, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 74
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
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Salem, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1971. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 74
- JOSEPH D HAYESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1971
- JAMES DONALD JACKSONCorporal · June 13, 1971
- CHARLES ANTHONY SANCHEZCorporal · June 13, 1971
- GARY LEE WESTPHALSergeant · June 13, 1971
From Salem
- JAMES FRANCIS HUBISZPrivate · February 28, 1966
- HAROLD HERBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
- GARDNER TILLSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · May 9, 1967
- PAUL ROLAND CARSONSergeant · October 6, 1971
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.