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ROBERT BRUCE GILRAY JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1945 – September 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Bruce Gilray JR, of Chatham, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 62
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Chatham, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Duc
- 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 September 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 62
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
- EDGAR JOSEPH GRISMERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1968
- CARL NICHOLAS M HORNERCorporal · September 7, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CARLTON BROWNCaptain · Panel 45W, Line 60
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 61
- EDGAR JOSEPH GRISMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 62
- DAVID RAY KARRSergeant First Class · Panel 45W, Line 63
- STEVEN ANDREW WINTERSCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 64
From Chatham
- ROBERT EMMETT PIERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- GUY FREDERICK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES HADLEYSergeant · May 15, 1971
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.