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RICHARD LOYD BRAY III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1950 – October 27, 1968
Service recordRichard Loyd Bray III, of Milton, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 41
- DENNIS CARLTON ACKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · October 27, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR BIDDULPHFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT EARL CANNONSergeant · October 27, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS CARLTON ACKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 41
- NOBLE THOMAS HEADSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 44
- EDWARD PATRICK MULLINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 45
From Milton
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
- DONALD STANDLEY GILLMANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 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.