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RICHARD KEY GRAY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 15, 1937 – September 14, 1969
Service recordRichard Key Gray, of Greenville, North Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 81
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Personnel/Administrative Technician (711A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Greenville, North Carolina (Pitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 81
- ROBERT RICHARD BAADE IILance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE CHAMPAGNESpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- DONALD WALTER CHURCHWELLSergeant · September 14, 1969
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY HALLADAYPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 82
- DONALD SIDNEY SKIDGELSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 86
- MICHAEL HERMAN THOMASFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 88
From Greenville
- TERRY WAYNE SUTTONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- GRIFFIN ELI SCARBOROUGHCaptain · May 12, 1968
- WILLIE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MOYECorporal · August 22, 1968
- GARY STEPHEN HODGESPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- DONALD RAY ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- RONNIE GILMAN ALCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PARNELLSergeant · July 21, 1969
- WALTER LEE WILSON JRSergeant · February 24, 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.