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RICHARD TENNEY GRAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 9, 1950 – June 5, 1973
Service recordRichard Tenney Gray, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 5, 1973, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1973
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1973. In June 1973, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 118
- EMME R GALBRETH IICaptain · May 28, 1973
- JAMES DAVID BEAVERSSergeant · June 6, 1973
- DAVID VANCE MCLEOD JRMaster Sergeant · June 14, 1973
- FRANCIS ELMORE MEADORFirst Lieutenant · June 14, 1973
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.