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RICHARD PAUL GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1948 – January 30, 1968
Service recordRichard Paul Gray, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 71
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 71
- JEHOVAH GRAVESStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD GREENE JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS GREENEFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH E CLARKStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 67
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 71
- MARCELLO JAMES LOFAROSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 74
- RICHARD W PERDUESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 78
From Roseburg
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.