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ROBERT ALLEN GRAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1930 – December 18, 1965
Service recordRobert Allen Gray, of Avilla, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1930
- Home of record
- Avilla, Indiana (Noble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 23
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- SAMMIE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- EDMUND MACEO MASTERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- SAMMIE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 23
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 23
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 25
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 27
From Avilla
- DONALD WARREN COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 28, 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.