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ROBERT BRECKENRIDGE RAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1944 – July 15, 1968
Service recordRobert Breckenridge Ray, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 34
- ANTHONY NOAH CONTICorporal · July 15, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD CURRYPrivate · July 15, 1968
- TERRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1968
- NORMAN KENT DOUDSergeant · July 15, 1968
- KEVIN JOHN JOYCESpecialist · July 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MORGAN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 33
- ANTHONY NOAH CONTICorporal · Panel 52W, Line 34
- TERRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52W, Line 34
- STEVEN GIACOPPO JRSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 35
- ROBERT DAVIS HICKOXCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 35
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 36
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 36
- CHRISTOPHER COWENSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 37
- LARRY MICHAEL WELSHPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 37
- ROBERT JAMES ZENICKSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 37
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.